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 * PASSAGE NUMBER 1:

"With one success a thousand failures lie forgotten, but with one refusal to try, a thousand successes may prematurely die." This is a quote that has a very deep meaning. To me, this quote means that once you succeed, all that has gone wrong will be forgoten and that if you refuse to even try to succeed, all your successes may be forgoten. This unknown author that came up with this quote could have been thinking several thoughts inside his head. But the first thing that comes to my mind is once you succeed you will be so proud of yourself, that the only thing inside your head is that one success, and all of your failures will be forgoten.

But, that one time that you give up, you may be thinking about the task and how impossible it must have been, therefore you forget all your successes and all thats on your mind for the rest of your life 'Why did I give up? I shouldn't have given up...' However, the world is a big place fillled with many tasks that look impossible, but when you finally beat it, everything is worth while. Have you ever been beaten at your own game? Well practice makes perfect. If your ever beaten at a game or at a task, you should always practice. And as a result, the next time your trying to overcome the task you will be ready for everything involved.**


 * For example, Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, was mentally challenged and today, without his perserverance we would be nowhere, but today with his idea of the light bulb everything is worth living! He NEVER gave up and today he is praised as one of the smartest men in all of the world. Wouldn't you want that to be you? A smart handsome man who is known worldwide for creating something that we everyone uses everyday. That could be you if you never had given up at anything you did. So now, would you want to be known as the person who is a normal adult, or Thomas Edison?

Also, Benjamin Frankelin was the inventor of electricity, and just as Thomas Edison, if he had given up in this world, all would be lost. No campfires, no late movies, no staying up late, and all because there was no electricity. Consequently, that is what our world would be like if some people always gave up. The only thing we would have is eachother, and nothing else. The sun would be our only source of light and energy. So, giving up could cause major consequences for your future. You could be known as an important imventor if you never give up.**


 * PASSAGE NUMBER 2**:


 * Life is full of pleasant suprises that are given by family, friends, and sometimes even strangers. This certain suprise that happened to me was 1 day before my birthday when I was sick for about 2 weeks. I was having headaches and throwing up everything I ate, so obviously, you can tell I didn't want to be bothered. That night for dinner, there was a menu waiting for me at the dinning room table. I read it many times to take in everything, because I had another headache and my brain wasn't processing very well. It said: "Nic's Birthday Menu" and to my suprise every one of my favorite foods was on the menu. French fries, chicken nuggets, mozzarella sticks, pizza slices, and fried bananas! For dessert was chocolate cream pie, and chocolate cake!

The best part about the dinner was that everything was homemade! It wasn't from McDonalds, or any other money wasting fast food restaurant.** **It was a total dream come true. I was lucky if I even got 1 of those in a month! But all of them together was an impossiblity, but I realized, it was real. We had coca-cola for the beverage, which made the night even more amazing! When everyone sat down, we ate like wild animals, which includes my 90 pound step mother. Within 10 minutes, I had eaten about half of everything, I started to get a headache, but I didn't want to ruin everyones fun with the dinner.**


 * When the appetizer and the main course was done, it came time for the dessert. The chocolate cream pie came out of the freezer with 12 birthday candles. My family sang to me and after that night, there was half the chocolate cream pie left, and I got to keep the rest and ate the rest the next day, on my birthday. As for the chocolate cake, it was eaten, but a smaller portion than the pie, because everyone was already full from the rest of the tasty dinner.**