At the end of the spring semester last June, my grades (be)
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terrible. As a result, I (lose) my scholarship and my parents'
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support. I really (mess) up when I (ger) those
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bad grades. When I (show) my grade report to my parents, they
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(refuse) 16 to help me with my living expenses at school anymore.
They Cfe4 17 that I was wasting my time and their money, so they (tell)
me to get a job. So last June I (start) working
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at a shoe store: Imperial Shoes at Southcenter Mall. I
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there ever since.. ,,~ .,.. ' 1%'
It (be, not) a bad job, but it (be, not)
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wonderful either. Every day, I fletch) shoes from the back room for
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people to try on, boxes and boxes of shoes, all day long. I (meet)
24,ij I. some pretty weird people since I (start) this job. A couple of
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weeks ago, a middle-aged man (come) into the store. He
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(want) 27 to try on some black leather loafers. I (brink)
the loafers, and he (put) them on. While
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he (walk) around to see if they fit okay, he (pull)
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from his pocket a little white mouse with pink eyes and
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(start) talking to it. He (look) right at the
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., mouse and (say) , "George, (you, lik)
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,*: this pair of shoes?" When the mouse (twitch) 36 its nose, the man
'5' 'rl (say) 37 , "Yes, so do I." Then he (turn) 38 to me
and (say) , "We'll take them." Can you believe that!?
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