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Adventure Ambition Art Breakups Career Childhood Coming of Age Confidence Courage Crime Customer Service Determination Drama Emotional Empathy Everyday Life Family Fantasy Fate Fear Feel-Good First Job Food Freedom Friendship Gratitude Grief Healing Hope Horror Identity Independence Inspirational Job Hunting Justice Kindness Life Lessons Loss Love Marriage Mindfulness Miscommunication Mystery Nature New Beginnings Ocean life Parenthood Patience Personal Growth Relationships Responsibility Romance School Secrets Self-Discovery Siblings Social Issues Suspense Technology Tragedy Transformation Travel Wisdom Work comedy horror
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Hand-drawn sketch of an old woman pointing an old shotgun at a burglar's back

The Old Gun

Mystery Crime Suspense Justice Family Everyday Life Life Lessons Courage Determination

Everyone told Mrs Bennett she was an easy target — until the night they found out just how wrong they were.

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A2 level

level: A2

200 Words

2 min