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X To The Second Power Short Story

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What is X to the second power, Chris, "what did you say, I didn't get much sleep last night". Come on Chris you have to pay attention. Then my head drops slowly and I fall into a deep sleep. When I woke up I had no idea where I was. I looked around and I remembered that I was home in Africa. I was planting seeds so my crops would grow. I walked back to my tent to say hello to my son and wife. We talked and ate our breakfast and planned the rest of our day. There were many chores to do to maintain our livestock, home and crops. Then one of my friends comes up to me and he said that their were a lot of these strange boats in the water. We had no clue who they were and what they were doing here. Then all of a sudden these strange people come out of the bushes with guns and armor. They didn't look like anything I have seen before. Their skin is white and their clothes look weird. They went to talk to the leader of our tribe. They tell him that they are going to give him rum and goods in return for his people. After much debate and a gun to his head, he said ok. …show more content…

They put us on a ship, with a bunch of my friends and my family. Then we left the shore and sailed in the ocean. The place where they kept us was so dark and we had no room to move. We were shackled to each other and if one person died it could have been days before they found them. It was terrible. They just barely fed us so that we can remain alive. The days at sea were long and painful, I watched as my friends slowly died. We laid in our own filth. We experienced seasickness, heat and lack of air all contributed to the terrible smell. These conditions also encouraged disease and fever. Then weeks later they said we have

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