Writing Better English for ESL Learners

sure. Was it the wind?

Was? Was it Victor?

At the bottom of the hill, Victor looked at Lara, who

. But he only smiled and
. He could not say how he felt and

only.

They grew up, and Lara went.

While living there, she.

When she returned to her hometown many years later, she learned that

Victor. They were both

old now and. Lara decided

it was time for.

She saw Victor sitting

near a fence. She came up behind him on the other side of the fence

and. She peeked at him

. And through a wide

crack in one of the boards, Lara ,

“I .” The wind was blow-

ing hard and. The leaves

were rustling above. Victor

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