English, 25.11.2020 19:20, flowersthomas1969

Write a narrative nonfiction story

Answers: 3

Show answers

Answers

answered: dgonzale1857

Not sure about a word count but... here:

I used to have a pet guinea pig named Pumpkin, but it had gotten sick and died. I don't quite remember the exact dialogue, but this is more or less what was said.

"Is it dead?" My brother prodded the tiny little body with the tip of his index finger, a deep furrow between his dark, shaggy brows.

"I don't know," I answered, pinching my nose between my thumb and forefinger. The little guinea pig's beady black eyes glittered under the beam of the flashlight as we peered into its cage. Its brown body fell limp in his hands as he scooped it up. I've never know Pumpkin to play dead. And if she was playing, she was certainly good at it. She even smelled dead.

"You KILLED PUMPKIN!!" he shrieked, the body now dangling from his shaking hands. He dropped our pet on the floor and, tears streaming down his cheeks, disappeared into the kitchen. I stood alone in the living with our dead pet, wondering what if there was anything I could say or do to console my little brother. Sobs came from the kitchen.

My brother had spent almost everyday in front of the cage, staring with wide eyes at Pumpkin, playing with her and talking to her as he were if expecting her to offer a response. He'd spent so much time with her, in fact, there was a little divot in the carpet in front of her cage where he'd stood every single day after hopping off the schoolbus in the afternoons. They'd bonded in a way that the normal people in our family could understand; Pumpkin had captured a piece of his heart I'd only ever managed to brush with the tips of my fingers. From day one, Pumpkin was the one he would confide in, ask for advice, and tell his jokes to. Which, I'd told myself, didn't bother me because, quite frankly, his jokes sucked anyway.

When Dad got home, he helped us bury Pumpkin in the backyard near the vegetable garden, right next to the now-weltering heads of lettuce she used to eat off of back in July whenever Mom wasn't watching.

"You were my best friend, Pumpkin, and if LACEY hadn't fed you spoiled food, you wouldn't be dead. If you come back to haunt somebody, haunt HER," said my brother, kneeling over the grave. Dad and I watched in silence.

"I miss you already," he continued, "and I hope you'll be comfortable here."

I was the one who'd named Pumpkin, fed her, lined her cage, and brushed the tangles out of her fur. So, I got to choose where she would be buried. And so Pumpkin's body lie in the shade of our little willow tree, her grave surrounded by yellow dandelions hand-picked from the front yard (which hadn't been hard, since our yard was choking with them). Her headstone, which Dad had whittled from wood, stuck up from the freshly overturned earth, in which we'd carved her name and a simple little message: We love you.

From Pumpkin's little spot, she would be shaded from the sun, sheltered from the snow, and lightly sprinkled with rain. From her grave, she would enjoy the sunshine and marvel at the colors of the leaves as the seasons changed, just as we did. Because although she was no longer with us, she will always hold a place in our hearts as a member of our family, and in our eyes, she was just as big as everybody else.

I got kinda carried away lol XD

answered: Guest

if this isnt a true or false than they have equal amount of importants

answered: Guest

explanation:

i dont know what the answer so im making you laugh here's ya joke lol

Other questions on the subject: English

English, 21.06.2019 15:30, mcckenziee

He following question refers to the text and graphic below. read the text and view the graphic carefully to you choose the best response. "how 7th grade students at madison middle school use their smart phones" i recently surveyed seventh graders at madison middle school to determine how they used their cell phones. my goal was to determine which daily activities were the most popular. out of 151 seventh graders in our school, 93 of them use smart phones. 57 of those students agreed to track their cell phones usage in a journal for three days. i compared journal statistics and gathered the following data. data revealed that students spent 35 percent of their phone time playing games and using apps. these included games played alone and against friends. it also included social media apps. students spent 21 percent of their time texting and 20 percent of their time listening to music. music included songs downloaded on their phones and music that streamed from other sources.14 percent of cell phone time was spent browsing the internet while 9 percent of the time was spent using the phone to take photographs. most ironically, students reported spending only 1 percent of their time using cell phones to make actual phone calls. image of a graph with the title, how 7th grade students at madison miller middle school use their smart phones. a pie chart is shown with the colours, orange, green, pink, purple, blue and light pink. the following are the present ages. orange 35 percent, games and apps. green, 21 percent, texting. pink 20 percent, music. purple, 14 percent web browsing. blue 9 percent, camera. light pink, 1 percent, phone calls.

Answers: 3

continue

English, 21.06.2019 16:30, kris7726

The ch in chronicle is a hint that the word is ultimately derived from latin greek french portuguese

Answers: 1

continue

English, 22.06.2019 05:40, hartzpeyton136

Asap plz which sentence from this excerpt of jefferson davis’s inaugural address indicates that secession was the confederacy’s way of reclaiming its legal powers? an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing country, our true policy is peace, and the freest trade which our necessities will permit . . there can be but little rivalry between ours and any manufacturing or navigating community, such as the northeastern states of the american union. it must follow, therefore, that a mutual interest would invite good will and kind offices. if, however, passion or the lust of dominion should cloud the judgment or inflame the ambition of those states, we must prepare to meet the emergency and to maintain, by the final arbitrament of the sword, the position which we have assumed among the nations of the earth. we have entered upon the career of independence, and it must be inflexibly pursued. through many years of controversy with our late associates, the northern states, we have vainly endeavored to secure tranquillity, and to obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled. as a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; and henceforth our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs, and the perpetuity of the confederacy which we have formed. if a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled. but, if this be denied to us, and the integrity of our territory and jurisdiction be assailed, it will but remain for us, with firm resolve, to appeal to arms and invoke the blessings of providence on a just cause . .

Answers: 1

continue

English, 22.06.2019 07:30, anikalee

How did hinojosa's mom's experience described in this story impact hinojosa's sense of who she is? 2. how is hinojosa's experience of the united states similar to your own? how is it different? 3. describe a time when you felt voiceless or powerless. what led you to feel that way? were you able to find your voice? why or why not?

Answers: 1

continue

Do you know the correct answer?

Write a narrative nonfiction story...