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2008 Fall Semester ENGLISH 6 - GROUP 1 ENGLISH 6 - GROUP 2 ADVANCED ENGLISH 4 REMEDIAL ENGLISH 4 REMEDIAL ENGLISH 5

ENGLISH 6 - GROUP 1

UNTITLED José Ignacio Alpuche Aguilar During my last vacation in Jamaica my sister was reading a book in the pool.

While she was reading the book she saw a shadow.

She was very scared so she began to laugh.

My sister was so afraid that she was trying to get out of the pool, but suddenly she saw the pool safeguard.

She started to tell him about the situation, and they were giving possible conclusions.

But my sister was worried because she left her favorite book in the pool.

She started to cry because she imagined that right now her book was getting wet.

When she was talking to the safeguard about the book, she told him that this book was so special for her because her boyfriend gave it before he died.

The safeguard trying to make her smile told her that maybe someone took the book after she got out of the pool.

My sister went to the place were she left her book, but when she was there she can not find her book, so she started to reflect about the situation.

Then suddenly my father appeared and told my sister that he was swimming under her when she started to yell, and that he had her book safe in the room, when she heard this my sister began to yell of happiness.

UNTITLED José Enrique Castillejos Hernández Last night I was taking a walk on the street with my new cell phone.

It was very dark and creepy when suddenly my cell rang and no one answered.

My legs were shaking and I started to be extremely scared.

I wanted to find who was it. I was scared but curious.

I started looking behind me and I saw a shadow.

I started running to the shadow but when I got there the shadow was gone, I phoned to the number and a phone rang behind me.

The sound of the phone made me have goose bumps.

I realized It could be dangerous.

After thinking I just wanted to go home.

I realized I was near so I ran Until I got there.

When I was there I knew I would be more careful when I ´m alone.

UNTITLED Pilar Thomas Alonso On Monday , a little girl , that talk with her doll, walking in the park found a ring.

She gave the ring, with beautiful stones, to her boyfriend.

She was sad but started to laugh , in a really weird way, when her boyfriend threw the ring on her face. the little girl was so angry and told her mother that she would make the boy cry because what he did .

She made a plan to trick the boy, that has a really strange disease. proudly , she went to the park , that has many trees, with the ring on her hand. the ring was of the Monaco Prince , that die in 1789, but that was irrelevant for the little girl. that evening, she talk with the boy about how she felt with his reaction to the ring.

She said " I will not give my future boyfriends an important present".

An hour later, sitting on her bed, that was in color pink she wondered ," why he react like that ?" .

She threw the ring, sat with her mom, that was a princess, in her bed and started to cry. " why I can't be happy ?", she said to her mom

RAINY DAY Luis Antonio Aguayo Miranda A cloudy and windy afternoon, a man who was having his free day, found a lost key behind a group of rocks near the shore.

The key was shining and the man got paralyzed by the fact that it was a gold key.

He had his eyes wide open, suddenly a man who sitting 5 feet next him told him: "Throw that rotten key away it's useless" But he knew that, that key could open "something" He went back to the shore where he found the key searching for that particular "something" After a while, he got disappointed for finding anything.

He looked again the key that seems from the XVII century .

He sat on the cold sand wondering who was the owner of it and what it would open?

After a moment, he stood up, looking again, but now he search deeper, he swam under troubles water, he went out the ocean, nothing was there.

He sat again in the san, tired of searching, after a while he stood up. it started to rain, he look up and stared the grey sky.

UNTITLED Hermann Hoppenstedt Pedrero A boy once upon a time was in the forest grabbing a stone.

The boy was throwing the stone at an animal that wanted to hurt him.

The boy is starting to cry, he is nervous and the animal stays there around him.

Te boy has a sandwich he remember a sandwich in his bag and he thinks that with that he can make the animal go away.

Towards it bag the boy starts running, and the animal stays waiting what the boy is going to do.

The boy grabs his sandwich and start waiting for the exact moment to do his ideas.

The boy throws the sandwich very far, and stay there watching what the animal is going to do.

The boy noticed that the animal didn't care about the sandwich, it wanted him.

A new idea was proposed by the boy, it was jus run away.

The boys reflects about the situation and he thinks it can be good, but it is dangerous.

Showing a lot of decision the boy started to run and putting this moment just in luck.

UNTITLED Paulina Utrilla Guerra Once upon a time on a magical land, a little boy was walking on his house when he found a mysterious rock.

He looks the rock with a confused look and then he took the rock and put it in his pocket.

When he entered to his room, he put out the rock, he was confused but at the same time exited because he noticed that the rock were talking to him.

The boy was really scarred that he throw out the rock, and then he carefully get close to see if the rock was still there, and it wasn't. He wants to give an apologize to the rock.

He started to look everywhere, in the garden, in his room and all the possible places were the rock can be.

Finally he found it, the rock was in the ceiling, it was very sad, but when the boy gives it his apologize, the rock became happy.

The boy became happy too and they went out to play.

While they were playing the boy thinks "I'll never hurt a rock anymore".

He decides to keep all the rocks as it were possible, because in his land the rocks were really important.

So every time that the boy founds a rock, he keeps it in his room.

Finally, the boy collects many magical rocks and he became the richest boy of his land.

UNTITLED Sonia Cólex Simán One day, in an enormous castle, a handsome man was looking for his book.

He opened the book and on the first page he read: "Who ever reads this page, will find the thing that must want in the world".

He was so happy that he started to jump around.

The man saw a piece of paper in the book with instructions is it.

He started following them until he passed a well.

He saw flowers inside it, so he was going throw a flower inside too, when suddenly, a beautiful girl stopped him. She told him that she really needed the flower for his sick mother, since it was the only flower around.

She gave it to him, later he was happy because of the flower, since he could help another person.

Then, he started to wonder if the girl knew about the book too.

He decided to don't waste more time and start walking back to his castle. When he started to move he heard a noise. It was the sound of his boot stepping on a flower.

He thought he wasn't going to find another one. He was so sure that the flower couldn't be real. He kept walking. He saw the beautiful.

He walked towards him and said "Now you will have anything that you always wanted, since you didn't need to throw a flower, you needed to show that you are not a selfish person".

UNTITLED Gledy María Pereyra Esquivar Once upon a time a little boy lose his keys.

The boy searched the keys but he didn't found it.

Yesterday he was desperate but laughing because of the experience.

They boy told me that he would find out how to open the door.

He mad a copy of the plate of the door Unfortunately the price was really high.

The boy said that he couldn't pay for that so he should find the lost key.

An hour later he found the key under the pillows.

He said "I will take more care about my things" The little boy was very happy having the key on its hands.

THE DOLLY GIRL Ilia Gisell Resendiz Cruz A dark and cold night, a little girl found her lost doll under the bed in her brother's room.

She hugged and kissed the doll like it was a baby.

The doll was broken and little girl was really angry but at the same time crying so she told herself she'll find out how broke her doll.

But she knew it'll be really difficult because it's been a long time since she last saw that doll.

Even she knew it'll be difficult she went to her brother's room and tried to get some clues.

Two hours later she got really sad because she couldn't' find any clues.

She stared at her doll with a really deep view trying to figure out what happen to her.

He went to bed but she couldn't stop thinking about her doll.

30 minutes after her brother arrived home and she stood up and ran to his room so she could ask him about her doll.

Her brother didn't want to talk to her so she returned to her bed.

She was tired, she turned on the TV and minutes after she fall asleep.

UNTITLED Michelle PĂŠrez Puga Once upon a time, in a far away land a girl, with a beautiful blue eyes, found a ring with magical powers, when she put the ring on her finger, the ring began to change its color.

The girl was scared but at the same time exited, because she don't know what is going to happen.

She try to put away the ring of her finger, but it doesn't go out. The girl, worried about what were happening, decide to go to the lake to see, that maybe with the water, the ring will come out, but it doesn't change anything, the ring was still on her finger, and instantly the ring began to talk her. The girl, confused, look everywhere, but the rings says "Hello, here I am", she look the ring, with an scared look on her face, and began to scream.

But she, after a few minutes, get realized that it were only a ring and would not hurt her and calm down.

After a wile she and the ring talk about what is going on, and they reach an agreement, if she found a new person for the ring, the ring will go out of her finger. She accepts the proposal, but she hear a really big noise and instantly, she wake up and realize that all were a dream.

The girl says "The most weirdest thing I ever dream", but when she look to her pillow, a shinny ring was there.

UNTITLED Sandra MarĂ­a Garza Maya Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a beautiful girl found a letter.

She opened the letter and read it: "Who ever opens this letter, will become a prince or a princes, and will get a wish".

She was so happy that she started to cry.

The little girl saw the map that was there and she was planning to get there.

She started running and she passed a forest.

She saw the castle, and was going to get into the castle, when suddenly, a guard stopped her. He told the girl that she couldn't pass unless she gave him the . The girl showed him the letter and he let her pass.

She filled thankful to that letter, because she thought that it would open her a lot of doors in life.

Then, she started to ask herself if that wasn't a kind of trap to kidnap her, or something like that.

She decided to hide into the castle and investigate if that wasn't a trap. She entered the castle silently and saw anything abnormal. Suddenly, she heard a noise.

She thought that was going to be the last moment of her life. She was so sure she was going to die. She turned around and saw a beautiful boy with his arms opened to her. He was the prince.

She ran into his arms and made her wish. "I wish to be yours for ever".

ENGLISH 6 - GROUP 2

UNTITLED Pedro Ricardo RodrĂ­guez Farrera In the year 2552, there is war, and the unique hope of the Earth is man, Jacob Reeves.

Jacob used his battle robot, X.L.R., for destroy the Startions.

The Startion is an alien race which hates all the others species in the universe, with strength and agility superior to the humans, wants to conquer all.

During the battle, Jacob saved Zigion, a Startion, that promised to help him to destroy the Startion fleet.

Zigion said Jacob that if they reverse the polarity of the Alfa-ray of antiparticles that was in the principal Startion ship, it will implode and destroy all the Startions.

Jacob and Zigion get inside the ship and used an invisibility camouflage to get into the machine's room and reverse the polarity In the return to X.L.R., they were discovered and attacked by an army of Startions.

They get to X.L.R., but the general Startion activated the ray and made that the ship imploded.

During the implosion, X.L.R. used to much power, that landed in the resistance base.

Zigion were almost attacked, but Jacob saved him and told all the history to them.

They two were remembered like heroes of the Earth.

THE NIGHTMARE Sonia PeĂąa Salazar Two years ago, in a dark and cold street of London, there was a woman her name was Hanna and she was looking an address but she was really confused because there were no people and normally it was a street very circulated; suddenly she heard a voice of a kid asking for help, then the kid went to the woman and she asked "what happen?" the child was really scared and he was crying so he couldn't say anything.

A few minutes later, a shadow appear and it started to do stranger things; Hanna and the little boy started to run but the shade seem to be on them, later a door of a house was opened and they entered, the lights of the house were turning on and off a lot of times, they were to the living room but the shade reaches them and when this will be on the border of revealing his identity Hanna woke up; it was only a bad dream.

UNTITLED Martha Carolina Güiris Coutiño Ones upon a time in a lovely house, a little girl was holding a sheet of music.

Suddenly she throws the piece of paper and she sat down.

Crying and desperate about her voice, she was staying at the window She noticed that something strange was happening outside, and she decided to investigate what was that.

She opened the door and walked to some smoke.

Then she started to remove the smoke of her face.

That smoke was becoming of a tree.

I need a fireman, she said.

No! Wait, I can stop this! I'm going t bring some water!

Oh! It was hard! An emergency!

I knew that! I am ready to do a lot of things! Let's go to sing again.

UNTITLED Adrián Ferral Pérez Somewhere over the rainbow, a blue elephant was lying in a cloud, playing his fire guitar the strings start to hurt the elephant so, it decided to rest not so far away, a pink goblin had escaped from a mental prison and he decided to kill everything that pass across his way The goblin was certain that he could kill everything with a double shape axe the goblin walked across the streets made by clouds looking for something in order to destroyed. tired of walking, the goblin stole a gold car and get into the rainbow highway The goblin found a village where could be people or other creatures, so he decided to entered with his axe once he had entered to the village get the surprised that was unpopulated, but not so far a snore can be heard. the goblin get happy, but if he wouldn't discovered who was snoring he would get more mad and paranoid, so he started walking in the direction of the sound.

30 minutes later, the goblin found the blue elephant sleeping, so he get close in order to kill him, hen a cow shows up eating goblin's arm.

Scared by the shouts of the goblin, the elephant got up seeing the goblin bleeding, but the cow and the elephant left the place and run away

UNTITLED José Luis Almanza Chanona Once upon a time, in the forest, a strong man cutting wood, selected a log for him. The man took the log home to heat himself in his house.

He was happy and smiling, but in a blink of eyes, he turned sad and frowned. He realized that log would not be enough to heat him, so he had to something.

He turned back into the forest to pick up more wood. Desperate, he took a very big log.

That big piece of wood would be able to heat him for a long time, but there was a problem, it was extremely big, so he could not carry it.

He wondered about all the nice moments that log would make him go through. In that moment, he had a new goal... take that log to his house without matter how.

One hour later, he had could not move that log, neither dragging it nor carrying it. He turned sad again, he new in that moment that he would not take the log with him that day, so he decided to come back the next day with his friends.

He went to his house tired and without enough wood to heat him. The only thing he thought while he was going to home was why those things happened to him?

THE FISH KILLER Patricia Guadalupe Gutiérrez Salazar Once upon a time there was a girl that was afraid to fish. One day, her boyfriend gave her a black fish as a symbol of their love, but he didn't know about her panic.

The girl was embarrassed of telling him about her biggest fear, so she just threw the fish by the W.C… but she never expected what was about to happen.

That night, while the girl was sleeping, the soul of the fish went to her room, and started to make weird noises. The lady woke up and found the dead fish with a letter that said: You are dead too.

Immediately, she saw herself at the mirror, and she discovered she was the ghost of a big ugly black fish.

She started to shout louder and louder, but nobody listened to her. She was dead for real.

She entered in panic and then she was with the fish she killed face to face. The girl tried to run away, but she wasn't able.

Soon, she found out that she was under the fish powers, and she never got her life again.

She stayed with the fish for ever as a punishment, and her boyfriend forgot about her.

UNTITLED Jorge Enrique Álvarez Hernández A long time ago there was a blue smurf; the little smurf lives in a red mushroom, while he was taking a walk in the mushroom forest he found a shiny gold coin.

The smurf was impersonated and he took the coin, then he continued his walk through the forest with the coin on his hand.

While he was playing with his coin throwing it to the air, he saw dad smurf and he showed the coin to dad smurf, dad smurf told him that his coin was from Gargamel the bad wizard.

Preoccupied the little smurf was decided to destroy the coin; he was secure that this coin maybe has a curse of Gargamel.

He runs very fast to the Burning Steppes (a place with a lot of volcanoes); he runs very fast to throw the coin to a volcano and finish the curse of the coin.

When the little smurf was in the top of the volcano and he was ready to throw the coin, he started to saw the coin.

He started to feel the curse of the coin, but he must destroy the coin.

Then he started to remember that his family was in economical problems, and he think that this coin can be the solution whatever the curse was.

The little smurf decided to conserve the coin to solve his economical problems, but all the smurf village was evading him.

The smurf conserves the coin for a month and he doesn't feel any curse, and he started to think that the coin wasn't cursed.

After the smurf investigated the coin he discovered that that coin was a simple gold coin that made rich his family and he concludes that he never thrust in dad smurf again.

A TYPICAL DAY AT THE MALL Carlos Alberto Ramírez Gómez Yesterday in the mall, Jacky Chan was buying a laser blade.

At the moment that Jacky get out of the store, Dark Bader, that was waiting for him, said him that he had killed his father.

Jacky reactions in that moment and tacked out his blade to attack Dark Bader, but he can't fight alone with the dark side of the force.

Casually there was Chuck Norris buying his toiled paper in the hardware store.

So, when he saw what was happening, he hit Dark Bader with his flying kick, evaporating Him.

UNTITLED Lucina Gordillo RodrĂ­guez A long time ago in a very big forest lived a little frog who wanted to build his house in a very big tree. So she went to a store and bought the necessary materials to make her dream true. Then she began to look for the best tree for beginning to work on it. When she found the best tree she started working on it. She was very anxious because she wanted to finish her home to live in it. So she worked everyday in the morning to make her home very nice and very comfortable as she wanted. Then she thought why she didn't asked for help before, she was working too much and she could ask for help to don't waste her time. She went to her cousins house and she ask for help to her family. All the family began to work harder and harder in the house and in one month they were finishing their work. The little frog was very happy and thankful with her family because of all the help they bring. Finally she invited all her family to a little dinner to celebrate the inauguration of her new home.

UNTITLED Joshua Than Cancino One upon a time, in a faraway place, there was a beast, ho found a stone of beauty. He took the stone and watched it, and then he put it in his bag.

He was feeling guilty, and he saw that somebody saw him, so he started to run with a scary expression in his face.

He took the things to explosive and exaggerated because he was willing to do whatever to be beauty, nobody will stopped him.

The beast began to investigate how he can use the mysteriously powers of the stone.

He didn't find information, that's why he put the stone in his hand, and started to crush the stone with all his energy.

That magic stone was used before by too much people. He wasn't understanding what was happening.

He try to think why this was happening to him.

He got the conclusion that that magic stone wasn't magic anymore. So he decided to start accepting him just like he was, ugly.

"Why I can't accept me just like I am?" he asked himself. He was reflecting and thinking all the stupid things he had been doing to be beautiful, and how many time he was wasting in that goal.

He faced the true and accepted him like he was, and he felt relax and right whit himself.

And he understood that the beauty is not an important characteristic.

A POSSESSED CLOSET Ada Celia ArgĂźello MarĂ­n A long time ago in a old castle in England. lived a family named Arguello Marin. The parents were Ada Pancrasia and Artemio with two beautiful girls named Adiflorinda and Anastasia.

Adiflorinda was more beautiful than Ana and always were frightened. And Ana has a hideout or a secret place when she was so angry with her sister, the place was and old closet in the basement.

But one day something rear pass in that closet. Her parents always said to them that they didn't went to the basement and never get to that closet, because it was possessed.

But the girls never obeyed until one night something terrible happened. It was a very cold night when the girls were playing hide when suddenly Anastasia the little girl she was only five years old, hit in the closet.

They spent many hours and the girl did not appear, that her parents never appeared began to worry, her sister was crying very worried because her sister was not by any side, to reach the basement closet and saw that it was not. Thus as we all realized that it was possessed, because it has disappeared with the girl to never return. The parents and the other daughter decided to move out of the great castle to go to a department in Mexico City.

Where later kidnapped her other daughter, and the frustration of the parents committed suicide.

In conclusion the closed has given them a curse. End

UNTITLED Luis Obdulio PĂŠrez Orantes Yesterday in the central park was a girl who supposed that had his diary in her bag.

When she opened it, she noticed that her diary had disappeared. In that moment she was scared and started to cry meanwhile she put away all the things that she had in her bag because she wanted to find her diary.

She couldn't find her diary, so she sit down on the chair again and tried to remember what she had done on that day for could know where the diary could be.

She remembered that on the morning, she crashed with a man, and both thrown their things on the floor, and the girl tried to help him, may be in that moment she got confused and her dairy could be with him.

So she relaxed and the next day, the girl promised to look for the man to recover his diary.

A DISCOVERY María Fernanda Zebadúa Alvarado Last week my aunt wanted to do a party In her back yard, but the problem was that the yard was totally careless, because the gardener resigned some months ago and she hadn't found someone who could replace him.

She called her neighbor to help her because he was on vacations and he wanted a job for the summer. So the neighbor accepted and started with the work.

When he was planting he felt something weird in the land like a box, then he began to scratch the land. So he looked carefully the box and then he opened and he found some pictures of men and some weird articles that seemed to be really expensive.

He quickly called my aunt and she told him that the men of the pictures was her father and the articles were the things that he had bought for her some day when she was a kid, but she had to looked for them to have it. She looked for them days but she couldn't find anything so she thought that it was a joke that her father had made to upset her.

The two saw the rings, necklaces, pictures and jewelry, and when the yard was ready they showed everyone the discovery.

UNTITLED Cristel Alejandra López Vázquez Once upon a time there was a cookie named Ahoy who lived in a beautiful castle, but he was sad because he didn't have chocolate chips and everybody thought that he was ugly, so he decided to start a search for chips all over the kingdom. He was very happy looking for his perfect chip, thinking that soon he would find one. But the years come through Ahoy started to feel depressed and older, his appearance was neglected and tired. But he didn't give up, on the contrary, no matter what will happen he go ahead. One stormy day he found an old castle, and in the higher tower was a beautiful chocolate chip. But the chip was custody by a big dragon that spitting milk by mouth. Ahoy was afraid, but his determination was bigger than his fears. He stopped to analyze every option, and he shout "I'll save you beautiful". He took out his sword of sugar and attacked the beast, he hurt dragon's left wing but the dragon didn't stop attacking him, he wanted to save that chip!

He realize that the dragon was bigger and stronger than him, and if he didn't do something fast he and the chip will die. And then he understand, the milky dragon was lonely, and every time someone saw him they just attacked him, not even wondering how does he feels, so Ahoy stop the fight and talk to him, they solved the problem and Ahoy married with the chocolate chip, and they lived very happy and the milky dragon become their best friend.

THE IDEAL GREASE Juan Palacios Casta単on Time ago a little kid who lived in a big city called Tuxtla York started to find some new hair fixer that was as much expensive as well for him.

The little kid was running around all the stores in the city looking for his new grease.

Afterwards, he found it making him anxious because of the new product he had on his hands.

He came out with the hair fixer and got some conclusions, he couldn't use it because he hadn't any special events for try it! So he called his best girl friend and told her that a party was being required by him immediately, because he was anxious.

She told him that it was Sunday and everybody was awfully tired, so he decided to go over using the item. He did his hair quickly and with the new grease in his hair, he started to walk through the city, waiting for some reaction on the people After all, he got tired and nobody was on the streets even because it was a big city. He was disappointed because nobody was looking him However, he had lost his happiness so he sat down and under his foot a little puddle showed him his own face and changed his mind showing that the really beauty person was inside him He thought about it, he reflected that the people would accept him neither making new hair styles nor buying the most expensive hair fixer. He gave up the situation and decided to go back home.

At his home, he used to do everything wrong but when he entered again to it, he came up with the new life that he was looking for. A big change was done that day just by a little hair fixer.

UNTITLED Valeria Rodas Barrera Once upon a time, in a little town name Santa Anna a cute boy was picking up the garbage that was in the beach; but he felt that something was shaking in the garbage bag.

He throw it away, he was really scared and he had tears in his eyes. A few minutes later when he was more relax and calm he decided to go and check what was that. He walked slowly and with a twig he try to opened the bag, but this mysterious thing started to shake again, and he jumped away. He had a white face because of the scare!! He tried again and he saw a purple sea star; he was really surprised about when and how do the star get in to the bag. he took it and put in the sea. He returns to his work and he never saw that purple star again.

UNTITLED Octavio EfraĂ­n Cancino CoutiĂąo A couple of years ago in Quebec a man about twenty years was walking at night in a field with a bat between his hands. It was a big bat of wood, from the bat there were falling some red drops, they seems like blood....because they were bold. The man had a sad smile in his face remembering what was he doing a couple of hours before.

Surprisingly a shadow appear in front of him with a weapon in its hands. The man asked: Who are you?

And the shadow answered Your death!

During the second that the bullet was traveling to him, he remembered all his life, from his childhood with his parents in Germany and their violent death to what he was finishing of doing; and a tears key of his cheek.

THE MAGIC STONE Cecilia YasmĂ­n Utrilla Castro Once upon a time in a faraway place lived a beautiful girl called Emma, who had a stone, but was not a normal stone, because the stone occult a magic secret that only an old men knows the secret.

One day she received a letter of the old men that said "This stone have a magic power and you should discover the secret". Emma thought it would be fun to know the secret, but did not know where to begin. When Emma goes to search the trail in the forest, she crash with a handsome boy that he observed the beauty of the girl (the long blonde hair, the small mouth and the blue eyes).

She talk to he about the stone and after the boy remember that the form of the stone (small, with shape of heart, and brilliant.). But he doesn't know the meaning of that stone, the boy decided to go to house of a women who studied the stones.

The next day they go to seek a scientific woman called Ella, when they found her, the scientific woman remove the stone from the hand of Emma and said "This stone have a magic power that one person can discover".

Emma and the boy (Christopher) decided discover more trails, but they had to surpass many challenges. One of these challenges one was a fight monsters for survive in the ugly swamp, although they did not was afraid because they were together for support.

When they spend more time together each look are better known, she begins to fall in love with the boy and the boy to Emma. The stone go out of the handbag and after the stone transform in a beauty ring that symbolized the love of them. But inside the ring said "the love is the secret of the stone".

THE BEST AUDITION Alejandra Espinosa Orantes Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Anne, she lived in a small village with her family, but she was unhappy because a important audition to choose a singer, who would represent the village in a state contest was coming soon, and she wanted to do it, but her mother didn't let her.

She was sad but she was thinking what to do, in order to participate in the audition furtively.

The audition date was coming soon, and Anne didn't have her song, neither the permission of her mother to assist, so she felt impotent and sad.

Anne was an obedient and respectful girl, but her dream was to be a singer, and the state contest would be her opportunity to become a singer, so she should go to the audition.

Her mother didn't gave her the permission, because she thought it was a waste of time, luckily five hours before the audition Anne's family traveled urgently to her grandmother's house, that was in another village, so Anne decided to go to the audition.

She prepared herself to go to the audition.

Anne was very happy because she could go to the audition, but at the same time, she was sad because she would break the rules that her mother gave her.

She would go to the audition, but first she took a look in her notebook of songs, because she thought that she should choose a good song to sing in the audition.

She was looking at her song's notebook and she remembered that she should wear original clothes, so she must search, because the clothes that she was wearing were not original.

But then, she felt unhappy because she was going to break the rule that her mother gave and she would never trust in her again.

Anne went to the audition and when she was giving her audition, she imagined seeing her mother in the audience, so she became in panic and she stopped singing for a few minutes, but then she continued singing and she won the audition, then her mother understand that her daughter ´s dream was to be a famous singer and she let her go to the state contest.

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UNTITLED Armando Rafael Pastrana JimĂŠnez On the cold , damp day after the funeral, on a fragrant roses garden behind an old and dark-looking church was Anna trying to find out what happened yesterday while she was studying carefully for a school exam.

She could not remember clearly what happened, but she was quite sure: a boy was trying to catch her heart.

The unconscious desire to remember exactly what happened yesterday was burning her soul and was breaking it into small pieces that were suddenly crashed by thousands of doubts that were spinning around her head.

She searched through the inaccessible walls of her confused mind looking upwards and backwards for an answer, Anna wanted to know the reason why she was so excited for finding the truth.

Anna was so insane now. In her desperation she had a lightning revelation.

The smell of roses were making her levitate. The pleasure that carried the rose garden smell was making feel in other dimension: The truth was in front of her face.

That boy was her cousin, Rafael, who tried to talk with her after a long trip around Europe. Anna understood in the deepest part that something wasn't ok; fear was flowing in her body replacing blood until it started disappearing.

Anna's reality started to lack of light and when she looked at the rose she picked up the magic red color turned into a scary gray-toned death flower.

Rafael visited her last night and he definitively caught her heart.

Faraway, somehow miles ago but close to the old church, Rafael was staring at a cotton bag with a big red spot. There was something inside, something real, something that was beating as if it were alive.

Anna surprised asked herself: -Am I dead?

UNTITLED Brianda Almaguer Casas In a pretty night a beautiful girl named Scarlet was walking trough the dark, humid and enormous woods.

The woods started to cover her and to make her lose the pad.

Scarlet didn't realized what she was confronting to, so she started running trying to find a way out.

She was scared after the incident and she realized that it was a magical place, she was trying to escape.

Scarlet was looking all over the woods to find a way out, she was leaving rocks with heart shapes she had, to have a pad to guide her.

She started to talk to the woods, asking to leave her in peace, she was not harmful.

That place really wanted her in there, really wanted to keep her beauty.

Scarlet started to try to understand what the woods wanted.

Scarlet thought if I can't get out of here because the spirit of the woods want me here I could have a new arrange with them.

After a long time she decided to be part of the woods, she told them she would give them her beauty; so the woods transformed her in the most beautiful rose you could ever imagine.

Scarlet accepted it easily, the good thing would be her beauty will now last for ever.

UNTITLED Israel Meneses EnrĂ­quez In the dawn he opened his eyes. He was on his bed and he had the paper on his left hand.

He read the stuff written on that paper but he couldn't understand a word of it.

He was a distracted boy and he usually forgot important thing.

He remembered someone writing that paper the last day and giving it to him, it was a very important thing, and he had to find out what it was.

He sat on his couch and tried to remember what that important thing was about.

He read the paper again and again but he remembered nothing.

That paper made him feel desperate because he knew it was very important.

He tried too hard but he didn't achieved some progress, so he decided to sleep a little more to clear his head and see if he could remember something after.

So he went to bed and slept about two hour more.

After that, he woke up and remembered the purpose of that paper and the meaning.

He realized that it was too late for doing something, he only had 1 hour of life now.

UNTITLED Daniela GonzĂĄlez Malpica Once upon a time, when rain falls al afternoons, in a little country named Washington, where the birds sing al day, an 18-year-old handsome guy named Michael, who is very handsome, was buying some flowers, which were very beautiful.

He saw a special flower, which was very big and pretty, and touched it with his fingers, which were very big and white.

The tears, which were so big, filled his eyes when he remembered giving flowers to his death girlfriend, who was the most beautiful girl in the world.

He was very sad, so he decided to go to Mexico, where you can find a lot of beautiful places, to visit her tomb, which was in Tuxtla.

Michael, who was so excited, started to save money working all day and night.

When he earned all the money that he needed, he started his long trip, which was going to be so dangerous.

He arrived to the airport, which was so far away from his house; he was so excited that he forgot to bring with him his passport and the plane was going to left him.

He felt so stupid that he started to cry.

After 10 minutes, when the people started to get into the plane, he remembered that, Kristen, his girlfriend had a friend working there so he started to search him.

Later he found and explained the situation to his friend, and he let him travel without a passport, which is necessary to travel out of the country.

He took the plane, and he was so tired that he dreamt all the flight of his dead girlfriend.

When he arrived in Mexico, it was a pretty day and he put flowers, which were the biggest and most beautiful in the world, on his forever love’s tomb.

UNTITLED Juan Carlos Rivera Valls Once upon a time, in one of the biggest cities in the world Mexico D.F, there was a short guy called Guillermo trying to work out in a recognized gym.

Then he saw a weird green bottle with some liquid inside, so he grabbed it.

He started to get some feeling about wanting to drink it.

So he decided to read the instructions of the bottle and it said, Mass Effect (steroid).

When he tried to open the bottle he started to remember his brother and all the things that he told him about steroids, so he left the bottle behind.

Then he decided to take the bottle and throw it in the garbage.

When he came back from the garbage can he started working out normally and made more effort.

ME IS EVIL Steven Michael Shamon Attiq During a sunshine morning filled with the cries of a couple of cats fighting each other in front of a school bus full of children watching anxiously the conclusion of this tremendous fight, the worried boy was trapped in his bed.

The boy noticed he was in his bed covered by the cursed blankets of OBLIVION, and he couldn't move an inch! The boy could assume that the blanket didn't intend to let the boy free until the school Bus left…

Mr. Arsefaic yelled at him, if he didn't get out of the bed in 3 minutes he would carry the boy on his pajamas to the bus.

The boy was thinking of a way to escape from the EVIL blanket of DOOM He tried with all his power to escape from the grip of the EVILL!! Blanket, but he couldn't achieve anything.

In fact he noticed he was being covered even more and more tightly by the blanket…

Giving up everything he hoped for, accepting the shame of being in school on pajamas he laid in his bed again…

While laying down the boy remembered those wise words told by her mother before she died " ANGRYFAIC remember never to use the EVIL blankets of DOOM, but if somehow, if you someday sleep with them there's only one way to your freedom, and the only way out of their domains is…"

But the boy couldn't remember the way to free himself, the only way out of this blanket, the last words that with her last breathe his mother gave him…

Two and a half seconds later he heard the cries of the battling cats, and his mind was filled with memories, memories of the last seconds of his mother, the words of love and protection given by his mother before she was annihilated by the EVIL Pillow Of DEMISE, "Son you must eat the blankets, that's the ONLY way out! Try using angry cat's fur to give the blanket a special flavor; otherwise it will be impossible for you to eat the blanket entirely" Casually one of the gladiator cats from outside entered the room through the window…and so he took all the fur that he could possibly take out from the injured cat's body and he desperately began to eat the EVIL blanket of DOOM…finally he was free …

Just before his dad came, the boy had already dressed himself for school, he decided to run to the bus as fast as he could, but on the way he saw the cat he took the fur from, lying in agony on the floor. It was defeated by the other EVIL purple cat of HELL. The boy couldn't just go to school knowing that the cat that saved his life was lying on the floor suffering because of an EVIL cat, so ANGRYFAIC decided to beat up the other cat that made his hero go in pain, and so he did. In the end he was grateful to his mother for those incredibly wise words and to the cat that sacrificed his fur for the sake of the boy. After that, Angryfaic never slept with a blanket nor a pillow again.

However, he died 3 nights later of pneumonia. Angryfaic lived in Alaska, you know, and sleeping without blankets is no good for you =/.

UNTITLED Adriana Ivanova Lazos Zenteno Somehow in the future, when nobody could see that I was older, the silence of her room was disturbed by a toy made a sound that blew her mind.

A few minutes ago, she was dreaming and lying on the bed, thinking about nothing with no idea of time, of days, of others.

When the sweet melody of that the toy was produced, an amazing blue light, as clear as crystal, took her away from her reality and led her into the reality that perhaps everybody can smell.

The toy made a the sound again. Her eyes opened as big as a black hole eating and destroying everything it saw in a minute.

Suddenly, she was in the darkness: nobody was there, neither the sweet-sounding toy.

The cold silence was crowding her bones almost in a second, for an instant there was no difference between having her eyes closed or opened.

"Where I am?" she said. The echo produced by his voice slightly disappeared into the infinite darkness in which she was laid on.

"Who you are?" a voice said. She was so scared that she wet her panties. A ringing-sweet voice answered from somewhere.

She stood up from her lying position. She made a step, but there was nothing, no floor, no heaven.

She scared as loud as she could, no body could heard her. The voice was in complete silence, darkness was still there.

The little toy woke up. The nightmare was so close to the reality that he almost could feel, the toy still could hear the girl's shout drilling his plastic head.

"How could I made a sound if I have no life?" the toy said when it fall down from the table.

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THE SUICIDE AndrĂŠs Brindis HernĂĄndez December 10TH 1994. During an afternoon with fog, in a house near to the forest, an old man sits in the living room drinking water.

Livano put the glass on the table and decided to think about his life.

After a long time, He said when I used to be a child I always thought "Someday I will have a big house and a happy family", but now I know it was a dream.

He felt alone, disappointed and sad with the live; because he knows that his entire goal never will come true.

He jumped up of the sofa. And went fast to his room to find out something that he needed.

He removed a box down his bed. He opened it and found a gun.

He saw the gun and then went to the studio and found a piece of paper and a pen.

He started to write a letter for his assistant. It had the next advice "I'm death now, if you find my body, please don't say anything and leave".

He came back to the living room and put the letter on the table.

He thought "nobody loves. I am desperate. Life is sheet".

After these words, He shot himself in the heart, and die.

UNTITLED Alejandra Elizabeth Moreno Morales Is a cold morning, the window is open and She is sleeping.

She hear the cell phone is ringing on the table.

She can't stands what the person in other line want to communicate her.

She jumps up of the bed and goes fast to see through the window.

She calls her roommate and together call to the police.

Before the call was answered, someone behind capture their.

She tries to hit the person who capture their but she fails.

She has an idea, and throw everything around with her legs.

Someone in the cell phone hears what happening and sends all his patrols to the chaos place.

They were rescued two streets from their home.

She looks her cell phone and cries.

UNTITLED Ana Belén Celaya Cantú Once upon a time, in the kitchen, Mama held a pot Mama filled the pot with water Sweat was dripping from her face because her cooking always made her so hot then decided to carry on a ventilator to enable him to continue kitchen mom refreshed and the continuous kitchen delicious dish for their children After Dad and the children arrived and all sat very happy to savor the delicious food cooking mom Mom expressed the food was delicious all Dad said that is true, as I love cooking Children said that if the next day could be the surprise with another delicious dish Clearly, if mom said, tomorrow and every day, always cuisine and delicious with lots of love for my family Dad said thanks and children and began to rise from the table, wait mom said, the dessert.

All were happy and laughed. end.

UNTITLED Carlos Alberto Than Cancino Once upon a time, in the school, Michel Brown (Miguel café) held a board eraser Michel Brown threw the eraser to Poop Man Michel Brown was trying to shut up the guy, because he makes a lot of noises into the room class, and it makes him angry Michel Brown said him to leave the class room for the rest of the semester, and he'll be graded by 50% Michel Brown told the principal the situation about Poop Man. Michel Brown's class misses Poop Man in the Classroom The students say Mr. Brown to leave the problem and talk with Poop Man Mr. Brown is thinking about students opinion, and he called Poop Man to say him that he can go to his class for the rest of the semester Mr. Brown is happy to have him one more time in his class, and he propose to help him with his conduct Poop Man thanks Mr. Brown for his help, and he promise to be a good student and graded by 90 Everybody in the class is happy, and helping Poop Man to be a good student

UNTITLED Roberto Pedrero Orantes Once upon a time, in a far away galaxy, a native guy from the planet Q-lon, owner of the sword of power.

When the sages gave him the sword of power, he knew that his destiny would be important for the whole universe.

The guy felt the most powerful while having the sword of power.

Some space ships entered in the planet, like the prophecy says, he think to kill all the alien troops.

He took the sword of power and go to fight with those horrible monsters.

Definitely, he and the sword of power made a excellent combination, he became the best warrior in the history.

When the troops got out from the planet, the sword was broken, he became sad.

The sages told him, "you're really brave, but not because of the sword of power, the power is in your spirit". He began to think about it.

"I will practice harder to become a legend" he said.

The people from the planet Q-lon made a monument and a party in that guy's honor.

He felt very happy and proud of him, he really knew that he had to be the savior of his world.

UNTITLED Lorena Arg端ello Gordillo Once upon a time in a distant city a beautiful girl named Catherine. She had everything that you would have someone ...

She was happy, she was in love and decided get to marry.

On their wedding day arrived, everything seemed to be very nice, like in the fairy tale ..

She had a family and enjoy life with your partner After some time, began to cause problems in their marriage.

She thought her husband was unfaithful him, but decided to believe in her husband She is a family and had 3 children One day, was doing to make domestic trunk and found a somewhat strange I take a letter and the content will change the lives Soon she discovered her husband's infidelity, and she decided to stay single.

His pink world was destroyed , and she decided to fight against life with the most valuable I had: their children

UNTITLED Fabiola del Cármen Ruiz López Once upon a time, in a small city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, a girl named Fabiola Ruiz, who was an only child, and future heir to a vast fortune.

Daily was visiting her fiancé, which was deeply in love.

One day, they were married and had many children The children grew very fast, and they were all about big business.

Fabiola was deeply in love with her husband, but doubted whether it was happy with it.

After several years, Fabiola and her husband John C. became a lovely old man and his grandchildren were visiting every day for the grandparents did not feel alone.

Fabiola knew he had achieved everything we set out to a young man and was very happy about it but for some strange reason doubted the love of his family.

Seeing the sadness of the Fabiola grandmother, her grandchildren decided to make a card to prove that all the affection felt for her.

The grandchildren placed the letter under the pillow of the grandmother.

When the grandmother towards cleaning up your room, she saw the letter.

The grandmother read the letter and you change life, because he was never sad and never doubt the love of his family.

UNTITLED Norma Lorenzana Broissín Once upon a time a little girl was sleeping.

Her mother was taking a shower.

Her father was working.

She needs wake up.

She can't wake up.

She is having a bad dream!

She tries to move his legs, but she cannot.

She shouts and anybody hears her.

She discovered that something estrange is happening She is died; she feels so sad and begins to cry.

She wakes up! All were a dream were she is died. … END.

UNTITLED Francisca Olivares Román Is Christmas, in a little town, Mary was sleeping.

She received a very strange package and she "wakes up".

Sweat was dripping from her face because she was confused about opening or not the package, it seems so estrange and old.

Mary shouldn't open the package until that moment.

She decided it, with nervous and curiosity, she opened the package and..

She was so amazed of what she was seeing.

There were many pictures of her but in the future!!!

She was surprised, she didn't know where they came from, and she starts to cry.

If she had not opened, she wouldn't know herself being an old lady, but she had to confront it.

Hours later, she calmed down and thinks, "Oh, I'm dreaming, I hope so". :S She decided to go back to bed and forget about what she had seen.

UNTITLED Elizabeth Allard Marín October 22nd, in the classroom, Marion, one letter with odorous fruit.

Marion received one letter.

Sweat was dripping from her face because she was nervous, before reading the letter.

Marion should open the letter cover before.

With nervous, with her shake hands, she opened it and…

She read the letter.

Those words in the letter were written by her many years ago.

She was surprised, she stayed immobile, and she began to cry.

If she has not opened the letter, she would have known the contents; but she have to confront it.

Minutes later, she recovered one's calm and say: "I already remember when wrote this".

She decided to kindle the letter and forget it.

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UNTITLED Karla Ivonne SolĂ­s Ramos On November, Lucia organized a party to celebrate her birthday at the home of one of her friends, located out of the city.

During the party, she realized that a boy didn't stop seeing her, so she bring over to ask his name.

In the century in which both were living, was not correct for a women to speak with a man without her parents, because the situation could be misinterpreted.

But Lucia was sure that he will be a good person and does not care that their parents were not at the party, so she attempted to know the boy better. That was how they started talking and quickly became friends.

Then he invited her to dance, so they danced all night along, thanks for this, they realized that had a lot things in common.

He took her hand and told her that she was the most special person that he ever met in his life.

After, he said her that from the first moment he saw her, he fell in love with her, and asked her to be his girlfriend. She didn't know what to say, and Lucia felt confused by that. She knew that the boy had something special.

So she gave up his hand and ran to the bathroom, where she found her friends.

She told them what had happened and had a long conversation. She thought about what happened and in the end she decided to take the risk and say "yes" to his proposal.

Lucia left the bathroom and began to search the boy, and when she started to apologize, he didn't let her speak and quickly gave her a rose.

She felt so happy, and felt that the decision that she had taken was right and started to talk whit the boy, she said him that she accepted to be his girlfriend if he promised to be just as cute as that day.

Despite the fact that in time that they lived at young people were not allowed to talk among themselves without adults present, Lucia and Gabriel showed their parents that the values that they taught them, will be practiced at all time.

So from that moment, changed the way of seeing things, All adults opened their minds to new ways to educate their children.

Finally Lucy and her mysterious boy continued with a thriving and lasting relationship in which both were so Happy.

UNTITLED Antonio Matus Vargas Once upon a time, in a town named Jucho, Raziel was holding his skateboard and preparing for having fun with his friends.

They started to skate and to do some tricks.

He felt adrenaline flowing by his veins, he liked to skate speedily, but his friends bother him because he couldn't do tricks.

Raziel got angry, and tried to do some tricks.

He tried to get more speed in order to feel more stable in the board when.

Raziel tried and tried to do a trick but he couldn't.

Far to perform a trick, he blame to the board, saying that it was too heavy He thought that he must felt one with the board to perform a trick So, he intended to mentalize that his feet were the board He knew that an error could hurt him, but he ignored that, so he got speed, closed his eyes, and jumped with the board stick to his feet, it seemed like he was going to perform the entire trick... Later , in the hospital, the last thing that he remembered was that he perform the trick, but a few milliseconds later he fell off to the board, broke his leg and crashed his head on the floor.

Raziel still likes to skate, he tried again to do tricks and improved his technique, but now he keeps his eyes open xD.

UNTITLED Caro Veeckss Narvรกez A few months ago two friends were in a football game, one of the friends threw a very strong kick the ball went into the forest, so the girls decided to go for the ball, one of they had a big surprise, she found a house in the middle of the forest , so the decided to go to that house.

When they entered, they were very frightened because the house was very dirty, when they went to the kitchen, a very dirty woman took them and locked in a cage which led to basement.

They did not know what to do, the woman was a witch, one of them was crying. they realized that the woman wanted to eat them ... even if they tried they could not leave, when the lady was going to start eating them, they closed their eyes.

It was a nightmare, they were sleeping, since that day the girls never returned to that place.

UNTITLED MarĂ­a Pulido GarduĂąo Five years ago, a man sat at the entrance of a church with a ring on his hand.

He threw the ring while he was crying, until all the people were leaving at the church.

He was very sad because his girlfriend never appeared at the church for their marriage.

How she could do this to me? He asked himself. "Supposedly, she loved me" he thought.

"I look very stupid, sitting here, crying. I will forget her; she does not deserve all my love."

He went home, changed his clothes and called a travel agency.

While he was looking for the ring, he decided to go to Germany for a month in order to forget his girlfriend. He still felt sad, really bad about his unsuccessful wedding.

"I can live without her, I can forget her and I will be the happiest man in the world. Yes I can" he repeated to himself.

So when he got to Germany he started to meet a lot of people and he went to touristy places, discos and to the beach.

I do not understand how I could lose my time with her! He whispered.

Suddenly, when he was on the beach, he could see his ex-girlfriend with another boy.

That boy was her stepbrother.

WONDERLAND Alejandra Trevilla One day, it was November 20th. It was in Wonderland, it was a special place to live.

In Wonderland lived Morena, she was a little girl the hair yellow, and beautiful face.

Morena like the sports, but like she was to small and fragile, for to her parents play a sport was impossible for her.

It night at November 20th she wanted to play tennis, but her mother didn't want it.

Morena went to play whit her cousins at "Wonder camp" but her parent didn't know it.

When they were playing, they could see Morena's parents, they ran to hid.

In this moment when they were in "Wonder camp" hided they listened a voice to called them.

The voice came to them more and more, they were nervous for it.

The voice came to them; the voice was the Morena's parents.

The Morena's parents were worried to them; Morena said to her parents that she really enjoyed the sports, she had a large conversation with her parents.

After the conversation between Morena and her parents, she could go to play to "Wonder camp" more often.

UNTITLED Fabio Octavio Constantino Cañaveral On time a group of five friends went to explore some mountains just for have fun.

The friends leave them houses since the morning, like 9 am.

They started to climb the mountains, and everything was ok, they had prepared some food for the expedition.

Everything was ok, but suddenly one of the friends remember that he have forgot the map of those mountains in the house, he felt a little scared but he doesn't said anything.

They were almost on the end of the mountain when a big hole was in front of them.

One of them continued climbing but the others want to know what was in the inside of the hole.

All the friends enter to the hole and with the help of some lights they could walk very well.

After walk for almost one hour, they saw a light, like a big sun.

They started to walk to that big light, and when they were there they saw that famous lake that he wanted to see, it was beautiful, the water was so clean and clear, it was like magic.

They enjoyed of everything, they swam and ate some fruits that was in the place and their food too, but there never was dark, and when they saw their clocks it was 8 pm.

They prepared everything for comeback, they got to their house like 11 pm, they were so happy for their discovery, and the next week they climbed the mountains again, but until they try a hundred of times to find the magic lake, they never could. they still looking for it, but they don't know if it was real or not.

UNTITLED Fernando Arturo Borraz Gutiérrez This happened two years ago in a summer.

Every summer I go to my ranch, which is north of Chiapas, in a town called Estación Juárez.

One evening I went with my mom to a village called Pichucalco, which is near Juarez.

My mom wanted a horchata from this town (Pichucalco), then we went to the restaurant that sell this delicious horchata. I see an empty place to park my car.

So as he had parked my car under me, buy the horchata, I upload to the car, turn it, and suddenly feel like the car up and down, that's hear the cries of a dog. I see in the mirror and it was a dog that had been lying under the car.

Outreach to see the dog crying and unable to move their hind legs.

It gave me a lot of sadness, but it was the fault, there was nothing to do.

UNTITLED Carlos Gibran Chanona Molina Once back in time, in a town named Matatoros a group of friends decided to climb up a mountain nearby the town.

Up in the mountain they found to many mysterious things.

They were in a very good shape they were very daredevil and they didn't have any issues with climbing the mountain.

They have heard that there was a cave with a treasure in it and that's why they went up there to find it, and once they had the treasure they would sell it and get lots of money.

They were very close to the cave but they couldn't find it because it was hidden behind the trees.

After a long time of looking for it, they were able to see the cave and they have the bravery to go inside of it even though it was difficult to do it.

When they got inside of the cave they were afraid of the darkness but they couldn't stop because they really wanted the treasure.

While they were looking for the treasure one of the guys fell down and he got injured and they had to hurry because the daylight was going away.

They tried to get this guy out of the hole but they couldn't so they thought on dividing the group so some of them would go to get treasure and the other couple would stay there with the guy and try to get him out of the hole.

The couple who was going to get the treasure decided to come back and help their friend instead and get out of the cave before the daylight would have gone away.

It took quite a long time to get this guy out of the hole but finally when they got him out of it they decided to leave the cave and when they were leaving the cave they saw a light, and they went to the light to see what it was and surprise !!!the treasure was in front of them!!!

UNTITLED LucĂ­a Guadalupe Rueda PĂŠrez Long ago time, near the ten of that one Carolina night it began to order its room. Each corner of that one quarter that had kept its better laughter and his more long weeping. His scared being made him remember that nothing of that mattered already.

Diego was determined, the adrenalin made sigh for the last time. They met in that one mortal precipice since they had decided. They would leave its problems back and they would be in favor together of always.

Diego embraced her, said: "It is time". And it counted. 1,2,3 were fell down. Carolina cried, the last tear fell by the emptiness. It walked of return, and it disappeared.

UNTITLED Pamela Alejandra Rojas MĂĄrquez During the afternoon in September 19th in a town called "Macondo" there was a man sitting in the street, who always was seeing the people.

He always had wanted a little pet The man named Franco and he has already 23 years old, and his appearance was like a Common man One night the family Ramirez heard some noises in their house When the family went to their garden to see what's going on, They saw a man with a upon The man who was with the upon was Franco The family look him with their pet died in his arms and the little daughter yelled so strong and the people of the town heard her, and went to Ramirez's house and they found with Franco with the pet died into his arms and screaming like a crazy man.

The police took him away The family and the people reflect that Franco was a really dangerous man.

The people commented that the best option was kill him The police killed him The people of Macondo's town and the family Ramirez understood that they should be more careful with the strange people.

UNTITLED Cristian Rojas RamĂ­rez Once upon a time in the magic castle, a prince lived with a unicorn.

Al the mornings the prince used to go out riding the unicorn.

The handsome prince was a level-headed person, and his unicorn had been with him all his life, he loved his unicorn.

One day, someone robbed his unicorn and he was so stress and worried about it.

He passed in all the kingdom searching some information about his unicorn.

He remembered when he passed some time with his unicorn in the river.

He began to cry because he was so sad about the problem.

In the dinner, he reflects about the situation, he said "can I do something for solution this situation?"

He proposed to do a campaign to find his unicorn.

The prince reflected and began the campaign with some friends, and in few days he found his unicorn.

The prince understood that if we work together we could achieve something.

UNTITLED David Alejandro PĂŠrez Ollivier It was October 31st. During the night, in a little town, three boys were walking in the street. They decided to sit in a park. The three friends, saw how some children were dressing, all of them were saying "trick or treat".

The boys were remembering when they were kids, and how they like to go with their friends to ask for candies.

One of them, called Tom, saw that his two sisters and his three cousins were asking for candies too. He smiled in recognition to his little brother that was dressing like a mummy, and he remembered that he also did it when he was a kid.

In that moment, he remembered to his brother dead. When he was a child, his oldest brother had an accident and died when he was ten years old. His name was Marco, and he used to go for asking candies dressing like a Frankenstein. He felt sad and a tear fell down of his cheek.

His two friends consoled him, and one of them put his hand of Tom's shoulder. They continued seeing the children. Suddenly, Tom observed that in the group of children where his sisters and cousins were, a little boy that dressed like Frankenstein was with them. He was surprised, but Tom thought that he was a friend of the other children.

Later, they decided to go home. The next day, when Tom waked up, he asked to his sisters that who was the boy that was whit them. The little sister's didn't know what he was talking about. Tom was confused, and go with his cousins and ask the same question.

His cousin's didn't see the boy and they thought that Tom was crazy.

Tom felt scared, and he never talked about it again.

A BLEEDING STUDENT Valeria Rothschuh Aguilar Once upon a time, in a school class, a bleeding student saw a knife The bleeding student held a bleeding knife. The bleeding student was crying in pain because he lost the fight. The bleeding student wanted to fight again until he wins the fight.

The bleeding student ran behind the other student. He reached the stronger student and hit him twice.

He thought carefully about quit the fight. He knew that the stronger guy is going to beat him until he felt the fight. He thought the price was high and he must stop the fight to end the problem and gave it a solution to their prides. He knew that hitting other people never going to be the solution because he must tolerate other people's feelings and thoughts.

He gave to the stronger guy a hug to show him peace and love

UNTITLED Marian GarcĂ­a Becerra It was 1995, I was five years old. I was living in a town near a river. My childhood was funny. I used to play in the river and run in the camp.

Only I was lacking a thing to be happy, I always wanted to have a brother. I needed someone to play, to run, and to have fun. I remember, that when I asked to my parents why I hadn't had a brother or sister, they didn't answer me.

I remember that when I was a child, I met a child that played with me, his name was Bob. Bob and I were happy; we played and smiled all day. He was like a brother that I had never had.

One day, my mom asked me that with whom I was playing, I told her that he was my new friend and that I wanted that she meet him. I was happy because my mom going to meet Bob, but the smile that was in my face disappeared when I saw the face of my mom.

My mom started to cry and I didn't understand why, she run with my dad and told him what had happened. My dad was very angry and he shouted me. I was very confused because I didn't understand what had happened. Bob told me that I forget it, and he took me and we went to the basement.

He told me that I had to open a box that was there and that he had to go but that he loved me and said that he forgave me. I didn't understand what Bob was talking about, but he disappeared in a moment. I decided to open the box, and I found a newspaper.

The title said, "Kid died drowned in the river". I saw the pictures, and the kid was my friend Bob. I understood, Bob was dead. I read carefully the note; I read that it was an accident. He was playing with his brother and he fell down in the river.

I couldn't believe it. Bob was my brother. I pushed him, it was an accident. I killed him.

UNTITLED Braulio Mandujano Matuz Once upon a time a guy named Lalo was a good boy that loves every animal in the world, his father was a fisher man and every day Lalo went with his dad for fishing.

One day the boy caught a little fish it was a little blue shark, but the boy threw it to the lake again.

The time passed until Lalo grew and one time when he went with his father for fishing like always. he fell into the lake in a shark zone. when every body thought that Lalo was going to die a blue shark saved his life and everyone was happy. it was the same shark Lalo had saved before.

THE UNREASONABLE AND CONFUSING PART OF LIFE Karla Cecilia Constantino Arg端ello I called a cab from my home in the suburbs of Paris. It was around twenty minutes before seven in the morning. It takes me twenty minutes to get to my job everyday and it also takes me twenty minutes to think about everything that happen in all my life. I said to the driver - good morning, the thing that I say everyday.

I said to the driver - good morning, the same sentence that I say everyday. He only smiled and I went into the cab.

During the way to my job, I thought "Why do I have to see that smile everyday and think about it in the long way to my job?"

I have been married with this cab driver for ten years, but now we don't live together. We had bad and terrible problems and with just remember those things I suffer all long moment because nobody in this world feels something for me, not even my son or that nice cab driver smile. For that man I was only another passenger.

My son's father was not the man taking the wheel. My son is almost my age. I got pregnant at the age of sixteen years, and the real reason was because and "accident" that we do not take count with my boyfriend, in that moment. What a life I've chosen.

He moved to America with his grandmother. I don't now anything about him because he used to talk just with my mom. Now my mom is death and I almost forget his name. I remember it just because his name (Calypso) is my favorite place.

The real reason of why I gave my son to my mom was because I had to start working, so I left with her.

Everyday was so difficult to live, actually it is still being difficult to over come every day in my life. To have in count all economic problems, psychological problems and social too was so hard, including thinking what to do with this.

"Why are you so silent and quiet Clarissa, we almost arrive". That voice again woke me up. I tried to smile but it passed the same thing that I've passed in many situations, I was thinking in my situation and so many things more that it became impossible to smile.

"Clarissa, we're done" it said the cab driver. I paid him, walked across the street and entered to that building with a catholic cross in the top. I have worked in that hospital since I got married with the man who took me to my job.

After all I suffered because of my bad situation and my separate relation with the father of my son, I was devastated. Once in the hospital they told me to attend a man. When I entered to the room I saw a man in the bed that received a shot, effectively he was the Pope. My eyes could not believe that! Father of Calypso, leader of the Vatican, Pope of the Catholic Church. What else do I needed to feel the most confused, scared, despaired, disappointed woman in the world? Do I love him? I don't know, I was only feeling that roof in my back, no lights, no people, just screams.

UNTITLED Cristina Guadalupe Moreno Morales Is a warm evening in the city of Tuxtla, she goes to her house with him for bring the credential of her sister. His parents had left hours before trip.

They outside of the car, He Entered after of she, in that she felt a cold scratch seeking his forehead. The thief is in front of them, waiting for someone to open the main door. She refused to open the door to realize that the offender was a bit silly and Beginner.

The thief was nervous and he calls his colleague who comes in a few minutes by the front door. The second offender yells at them and asked them to cooperate so that no one leaves hurt, while he gave a hard blow for him. The thief off key of the principal door and in the room the thief asked them all personal belongings of them She was crying and he was nervous because they had no other way out. The second thief forced her to show him where the thing of value was, and she mentioned the room. They stayed in the hallway while the thieves entered the master bedroom and picked up all things of value. While one thief took the thing of value, the other tied them to full body Finishing the action, they are tied in the hallway, the thieves down the stairs and shouted "leave a cell phone to talk to police". They heard the door of escape and they was unleashed as soon as possible, but it was useless, they were already several blocks away

THE FARMER AND THE FAIRY Ana Karen Courtois Mandujano Once upon a time in a far away land, there was a stupid guy who was in love whit a fairy.

One day he asked to the fairy if she want to get marry whit him. The fairy accepted but she requested him a condition. The condition was that he had to bring the most delicious cake, so the farmer go to her home and asked to her if she could make the most delicious cake in the world, because he want to get marry with a beautiful girl.

Two days after the mom prepared the cake, so the farmer went to the lake where the fairy was, she tasted the cake and she love it, so she said YES, when they go to the farm the fairy warned the farmer if one day he hits her whit iron she would leave.

The time passed and the farmer and the fairy were very happy, the farm became very productive.

One day the farmer and his wife were on the courtyard when a horse escaped for the stall, so the farmer tried to catch it but a horseshoe was released from the horse and hit the fairy Then the fairy took all her things and said that she was leaving the farmer. The farmer begged her to stay but she was sure about his decision. She left him and he became the saddest person in the world also he became poor.

UNTITLED Erick Alejandro Macías Moctezuma During a sunny day with such a terrible and strong wind, little Erick was walking over a hedge with an incredible enthusiasm. He was searching his lost cellular phone with his trustful friend Valeria. The wind was blowing Erick, and tried to make him slip.

However, little Erick was so strong to continue his path over the hedge.

Erick was thinking who took his cell or where he left it because he didn't remember anything. He was blank, so he asked Valeria to go to DAE. They decided to go to DAE, and continued his path. Erick continued walking over the hedge, and Valeria was walking next to him. Erick walks so fast that left Valeria behind. He remembered something, and he span to ask Valeria if she hadn't saw his cell. However, he span so fast that he lost his balance, and felt the terrible sensation of falling down.

Erick, knowing that he was going to face the floor, grabbed a bamboo to slow down his falling. If the bamboo could have withstood his weight, he would have avoided falling down. However, the bamboo broke in two pieces causing little Erick to crash with the floor. After falling, little Erick saw a light that was calling him, he discovered that it wasn't the so called "light", it was the sun. After that, he noticed that his trustful friend Valeria was next to him. He felt very pleased, with a face of "Oh my god what a fall!", he started to think the Shakespearian philosophic question "Do it or no do it again, that's the question."

UNTITLED María Arias Pastrana After three vibrant nights of music and celebration the murder was free to continue with the massacre, people appear dying in the middle of the street, all the village was scared about this incident. o The knife spills the blood of innocent people. o The murder was thinking about kill the entire village, and he was felling pleasure. o He didn't fell remorse he only want to be remember like the most murder in the word. o With the knife he killed children's and all the women's who has pregnant. o The people of the village were scared about and thought about to take revenge some day. o By the way the killer didn't care about the revenge of the village´ s people. o The principal goal of the village ´s people was to destroy the serial killer and avoid more deaths in the town . o When the village had the perfect plan, they meeting at the central park , and with guns they were ready for take revenge and kill the murder. o They felt ready to destroy the murder and they caught him and take their body and burn it , then the people of the village were so happy because the safety of the town back again.

UNTITLED Maryen Azucena RincĂłn Castro One day, 26 October 2008, in the "Avenue of the One," a couple of friends called "Bolitocha" and "Mensito" discovered that they really felt affection and attraction between them, it was something different and very special, although they knew very well that nothing else could pass between them.

Their feelings were strangers, they had the momentum of kissing and hugging each other, "Bolitocha" did not want to fall in love of "Mensito," She did not want to suffer again, so, she avoided being kissed and hugged again.

"Bolitocha" had to put a barrier between them, it was very bad and sad to know that the things between them would not longer be equal, he felt an inexplicable pain, she was disappointed for him, she did not understand what are the reason for which they could not be together if both of them feel something especial, he did not said nothing but he just looked her with an eyes full of tenderness, he never said anything about his feelings.

There are things that do not say and it dies in our hearts, there are things that we do not say in the real time but after is already too late to know, he never said why that their relationship could not be happen, she was disappointed for it and she could not understand how the things happened in that way, she felt in love of him but she did not say him too.

UNTITLED Diego Humberto Zúùiga Valdez One day Memin was walking in the street Memin thinks that he was the only one that was in the street Suddenly he heard a noise in the trees He turned his head and saw When he continue walking he saw a person in front off him That person take a knife and said give me your money Memin was scared and iron his jeans Memin give his money to that person That person run away Memin look for a policeman Memin find a policeman in the corner of the street Memin and the policeman run to get the person who stole him Memin and the policeman get the person Memin was happy because he get his money back

UNTITLED Nancy Alejandra Méndez Zapata During a dark night behind the park, a child held a letter. The letter was wet and the fingers of the child was destroying it. Her mom leave him in the middle of the street because was poor and thought that could not take care of her soon and somebody can give him a better live.

The child was certain he had misunderstood the situations and maybe his mother could not find him for a unknown reason. The child never gave up maybe in his thought he know about the reality.

He decided read the letter but could not because with the rain the letter can not be read it.

Suddenly. her mom ran to hold his child and told him that she love him too much. she tell him, never do it again. in the letter was written the direction and the name of the mother.

The mother knows that couldn't leave her son.

FLASHING ROCK Alfredo Torres López Steven is one of the best car runners. He has participated in some races, particularity in NASCAR race in Tuxtla where he easily won. Two months ago when June was ending, a typical day, Steven was driving on the streets of Tuxtla Gutierrez around nine o'clock, in his fabulous white car.

Specifically, Steven was driving where the city ends, on "south libramiento". Steven, a very responsible driver who never has committed an accident, was surprised by a rock!

You tell yourself: oh my god. But all Steven cans answer is "yes", a rock which was thrown by Mr. Whisky, the only thing, or characteristics that Steven knew about Mr. Whisky the rock thrower is that he was drunk.

Steven's car is white, small and has nitro, and once a week cans fly and doesn't use gas, it use air…is well named "Flash". That day his car was around 80 or 85 miles per hour.

Steven gets angry very fast and that night wasn't the exception. In that moment when the rock crashes with Flash, Steven got nervous and lost control of flash but because Flash has a dispositive anti-crash, Steven didn't crash with the stool.

Steven could see how Mr. Whisky threw the rock and flew away. Steve parks flash and ran behind Mr. Whisky but he couldn't catch him. Steven really was scared and angry because he couldn't avoid the rock, and he still searching for Mr. Whisky.

Coming soon: Flashing rock 2: Mr. Whisky reloaded- more drunk, with more rocks.

UNTITLED Erick Nuricumbo Muñoz One day in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, there was three friends who always have good times together. The three friends were walking on the street and they were looking for a park where they can stay and talk or buy some candy.

When they were walking, one of the friends heard a noise from a house really near of them. He informed to the others and the three decided to go to the house to know the cause of the noise. When the three boys were in front of the house they realized that the door was opened. They entered into the house and started to ask for someone inside the house but nobody answered. They decided split up and look for someone.

One went to the kitchen, other one went to a bedroom and the third went to the second floor. The third guy asked for help to the other guys and they went to the second floor.

The third guy found a person murdered. The three boys got in panic and they didn't know what to do. One guy said that may be a good idea to dig and bury the person died.

They took the body and put it in a car. They drove until find a big camp where to bury the body. They were digging whole the night and bury the body.

Finally, they could went back to them houses and they promised don't talk about this problem with nobody.

UNTITLED Lucía Guadalupe Rueda Pérez Two years ago, in a little river on Nuevo León's state, some guys of Monterrey had been joking to cross the river. hey walked for a road away of the city for a 20 minutes, then found a piece of branch so they wanted to play of pirates, but one of the guys had hurt in his knee and his blood blanched the road.

But walked a big piece of road and they hadn't crossed a river yet.

And the guy that had been hurt, decided make him a joke to Carlos Gibran while the others were playing He thought the revenge.

He told him the plan to the other guy.

When they were so closed to river, Carlos Gibran was last one who crossed.

While Carlos Gibran was crossing, the guys passed him and moved the bridge (it was made for 2 trunks).

Carlos Gibran fell down to the river while the guys were recording the drop.

Then they help to Carlos Gibran to get out of the river.

UNTITLED Omar DĂ­az GonzĂĄlez Last year my family and I went to a lake called "Mishu" In the lake Erick a Cousin almost steps a snake.

He didn't realize about this one because it was over the grass, so he continued walking until arrives to some rocks, but then and he started to feel something estrange on his foot.

He didn't have shoes, so he felt something very weird on it, but he thought that it was just plant.

When he felt this, he looked to his foot and he jumped immediately to another rock, because something green was there.

I was behind him, and I listened when he scared about this, so my family and I walked near from him to see what was happening with him, suddenly we saw something green moving into the grass.

We thought that it could be a plant or a pacific animal, but then we realized it was a snake.

It was very weird kind of snake, the color was green but it was so slim also, like a branch.

But when we saw that the snake continued moving on in a different way.

After that we decided following our trip, but fortunately when we came back the snake wasn't there again.

Even thought We felt so scared, because we didn't know where the snake goes out.

We return to the "Lake" and we got together with other people, but we said them about the snake.

We stopped the trip because the whole family was so worried about this situation, so we kept in a garden and started to drink some drinks, then we swam in the lake and it was so cool, after that we were so hungry, so we decided to eat something and stay there for a little time.

At the end of the trip, everybody was so glad because it was an amazing experience and thanks God Erick was out of any risk.

UNTITLED Victor RamĂłn SĂĄnchez RodrĂ­guez October 30, 2008, 2:30 am. There were 2 guys that studied at "Tec", and used to be best friends; their names were Jean & Carl, then, 1 day the parents of Jean went out the city, because of the Halloween holiday, but jean couldn't go because he gotta study for his math exam, so he decided to stay at home, and his parents lived the country, but Jean felt to much scare to be alone in his house, so he called Carl inviting him to go to see scary movies at his house. Hours later, Carl came to Jean's house, and they called for a pizza, 30 minutes later, the pizza arrived, so they paid and took the pizza to the kitchen, after that they decided to close all doors and windows, and then turn of all the lights to make it more real, so they done it, after that they started to watch the movies. 20 minutes after they started to watch a movie, in the high floor, a sound was heard, so they felt scare, and when they went upstairs to watch what was going on, 2 robbers captured them, 1 took out a knife, and the 2 robbers let the guys run, after 3 or 4 steps they began to fall them, so the guys ran and ran as fast as they could, in the stairs, Carl fell down, and broke his leg, so he told Jean to keep running and leave him, so Jean kept running, and he saw how the 2 robbers took Carl, and started stabbing him, the screams, were heart in all the house, after a minute, no sound were heard, at that moment, Jean were almost at the front door, and when he arrived to the front door, he tried to open it, but it was locked, and he couldn't open it, so he tried to go to the back door, so he ran and ran, but in the kitchen, one of the robbers saw him, and started to run falling him, so as he could, he hide his self, under a table, so he stayed there hide, and he could heart how the robbers were looking for him, destroying all things, after a half of hour of panic, the 2 robbers decided to leave the house, so they leaved. After that, Jean called the police, so they came as fast as they could, they broke the front door and came to the house, Jean so concerned told them the story, so the cops when to the crime scene, when they arrived to the stairs, no body was found, and Jean couldn't believe it, but it was happening, so his parents were called, and they arrived the next day, but nobody knew what happened to Carl's body.

UNTITLED Denis Vázquez Piñón Once upon a time, in a fairy land, a fairy godmother was sad because she doesn't have a kid to protect, she sees all her friends very happy and glad for having a kid to support but she was very liar and had no self-confidence, she disappointed the fairy godfather master all the time.

One day, fairy master, proposed her to do some mission and if she reach it, she'll be able to have a godson for playing.

The mission consist in find the blue star at the top of the charmed hill, but to do it, she needs first to defeat the big troll liar and last to cross the river of the confidence, at the time she'll notice what to do. She accepted it, and promised to reach it.

The next day, when the godmother was at the hill, she was very nervous because she wanted to do it well, she started, when she was in front of the troll, he stopped her and told her :: If you answer correctly just one question, you can continue walking :: She accepted. Then he asked :: What is the feeling most important for happiness?. Think it well :: the godmother thought for 5 minutes and finally answer :: the love moves seas and broke mountains and hill, the love ::… then the troll smiled and leaved her continue.

The godmother was very happy because she could pass the first prove, then she arrives to the river of the confidence, but she didn't know what to do, suddenly an old gryphon appears and told her that she needs to trust in herself to cross it, there was an old piece of string that cross the river, like a bridge. The god mother has to walk on the string to the other side. She was very scary but she started walking slowly, she has to believe and have faith, suddenly, she was already at the other side. She did it, and she found the blue star and came back the master's castle, the gryphon takes her.

The master was very proud of her, by first time she confronted her fears and fought for a goal, he immediately introduce her kid. And she felt completely and stopped being a liar.

They lived happy forever.

THE GHOST OF HER DREAMS Guadalupe Concepci贸n Fonseca Penagos On a rainy night, she was sitting on her bed, she was crying, she was desperate because he could not sleep because since five nights ago she was seeing a ghost in her dreams.

She was terrified because every night in her dreams the ghost appeared to try to talk with her but she always avoided listening, and she wake up.

She was desperate to the point where she didn't want to sleep because she terrified for the idea of see again the stranger who she feared.

Her friends told her that she should face him because may be he was trying to say something important.

She was to bedroom and promised to herself that this night decrypt what the ghost wanted to tell her.

She was prepared mentally for face the ghost and decided that come what may didn't attempt to wake up because she knew that the ghost was looking for.

She reclined in her bed and immediately fell asleep and began to dream that a well dressed men was hiding money in a box which subsequently saved in a hole behind a picture in the living room of her house.

Her eyes could not believe what they saw, was his grandfather who was hiding an extraordinary treasure.

Upon waking up she went to see her mother to tell what she had dreamed, and both unearthed the treasure, and she asked his mother about his grandfather.

Her mother told her that her grandfather was a millionaire but nobody knew what he had done with his fortune.

She and her mom were very happy for having found the money and because she could see her grandfather though was only a dream.

UNTITLED Adriana Isabel RamĂ­rez VĂĄsquez It was an evening of April in a village in Mexico, where he lived a lady named Alicia, she was devoted to walking dogs.

The dogs were of different races from Ferrier, Schnauzer, Danish and large are very playful.

Mrs. Alice is a woman of 45 years with 2 children, who are students and do not live with it.

She was already accustomed to living alone, but one day all change.

The solitude invaded and since that day his life began to change, it was no longer happy.

Ana was his neighbor and every day he wore his dog Luke to watch what Alicia and I walk.

Ana discovered what was happening to him and try to help, but not succeeded, all that was won by Alicia the chagrin of meddling in her life.

Moreover Alicia began to revenge their anger against the dogs she took care of the animals know to identify the mood swings of a person, so they will bark a lot.

A week after the dogs attacked Mrs. Alice and all managed to cause very serious injuries, so severe that she could not survive, and died hours later.

The children of Alicia realized that what happened was because of loneliness, which is then converted into ire, the bad thing is that when they realized that it was too late, because her mom had already died.

SOMEONE SPECIAL IN THE PAST MarĂ­a Guadalupe Valdiviezo Ruiz During an evening in the cold winter, whit a lot of cold wind. The people whit their clothes very thick and the animals sleeping together to get a little hot were walking in the park.

Paul was walking alone and watching the people walking when someone comes and talks to her.

Paul doesn't know what was happening, he doesn't know the person that was talking to him The person was a women, she starts to talk like if they know each other very good, she told him that they studied together the high school She started to remembered a lot of situation that they passed together.

Paul started to remember and she started to laughed with her but he didn't remember the name of the girl They walked and talked for a lot of time, and she started to make him questions about his personal live.

She asked him about his girlfriends, family, pets.

He answered everything but no very clearly. She decided to go, but Paul asked her for her name, she told her you used to call me "my girlfriend" and she went away.

After that Paul was shocked she doesn't remember her he decided to stayed at the park.

TWO ENGLISHMEN AND A CAT IN PARIS Omar DĂ­az GonzĂĄlez Every morning when she was having coffee on the terrace in Paris where she was visiting, she heard him play the piano from his apartment across the courtyard. The first day she thought how nice, though she lamented he was practicing the same tune over & over. She hoped he would improve. But he didn't and she took to going inside when he began to practice. She closed the French doors and went to the window opposite to look out at the garden. Gris-de-Gris, a lovely gray-striped cat, would come in through the open window to visit and she would forget about the piano. Until one afternoon just past lunch when the wanna-please concert pianist was visited by an Englishmen friend? who asked him to play and evaluated his improvement, which was negative. The gentleman couldn't have been just a teacher for clearly the wanna-please concert pianist wanted to please him: which he did not ever--never-never-NEVER! When will I ever? Can't you ever? he exclaimed. Then the next morning & the next, he would practice again & again, frantically trying to get it: oh-won't-I-ever-get-it? ever-ever-EVER!? Until finally they fought & fought & screamed, thinking they were the only English speakers about--until she opened the French doors & interrupted with Shut up! Will you shut up! & they stopped and then their voices muffled and the pianist played more quietly it seemed the next morning, though he still made the same mistakes.

A few weeks later she received a phone call and learned that Gris-de-Gris was no longer--he was squashed to death in the heavy courtyard door that someone opened and shut without looking back. The wanna-be-concert pianist continued to play, though he was no longer visited in the afternoon by his critic.