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By TessDucky BRONZE
Celeste Tx, Texas

There was once a little cricket. He grew up in fear. For he was just a small, helpless cricket. A cricket’s life is very short. They are constantly dying in different, helple...
TessDucky BRONZE, Celeste Tx, Texas
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I am not afraid of dying, I’m afraid that once I am gone no one will remember who I am or who I was. What I did or what it was. I want to leave behind a legacy to protect, that will carry on through out the ages, and the the thought of me passing on and no one knowing or caring about what I did shakes my very core..... ~Me


#12932 Nonfiction
By HavenEyes BRONZE
Lake City, Iowa
HavenEyes BRONZE, Lake City, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you would not be forgotten,<br /> as soon as you are dead and rotten,<br /> either write things worth reading,<br /> or do things worth the writing.&quot;

#12933 Nonfiction
By Marcusm BRONZE
Newport News, Virginia
Marcusm BRONZE, Newport News, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#12934 Nonfiction
By Ellie.M. PLATINUM
Santa Paula, California
Ellie.M. PLATINUM, Santa Paula, California
47 articles 1 photo 133 comments
#12935 Nonfiction
By justin wain BRONZE
Holmdel, New Jersey
justin wain BRONZE, Holmdel, New Jersey
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BlueAndRedInk GOLD, Paducah, Kentucky
19 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry&quot; -James 1:19

#12937 Nonfiction
SamaraJaneyR BRONZE, Normal, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.&quot;<br /> -Socrates

#12938 Nonfiction
By TaneikaW. SILVER
Joliet, Illinois
TaneikaW. SILVER, Joliet, Illinois
6 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The sky is the limit. Just REACH for it!!&quot; :)

#12939 Nonfiction
simpleandtrue PLATINUM, Moraga, California
28 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&#039;let the life that you live dictate who you are, not Facebook.\&#039;

#12940 Nonfiction
greenpinstripes_erinn SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
5 articles 2 photos 7 comments