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Prompt: 018. siege<\/h1>\n

1. The siege lasted for six years. Some children had never known any other life and had no concept of freedom.<\/h2>\n

A. The siege lasted for six years. Some children had never known any other life and had no concept of freedom. They’d never been outside of the castle walls and had never enjoyed a day without a besieging army keeping them locked inside.<\/p>\n

It was a strange day when the gates were finally opened and people streamed outside. It was an overcast sky, but sunlight was peeking through the clouds like hope.<\/p>\n

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2. The armed reactionaries held the embassy under siege. They threatened violence if their demands weren’t met.<\/h2>\n

A. The armed reactionaries held the embassy under siege. They threatened violence if their demands weren’t met. They’d already shot down and destroyed two escaping helicopters. Only one of the embassy’s helicopters had escaped, though neither the ambassador or her personal staff had made it aboard.<\/p>\n

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3. Two adults and forty-seven children in a gift shop wasn’t a good day. It was a siege.<\/h2>\n

A. Two adults and forty-seven children in a gift shop wasn’t a good day. It was a siege.<\/p>\n

“How did this become my life?” she groaned out of sight of the customers.<\/p>\n

Her coworker Gary laughed. “Suck it up and make a buck. These are kids with money to spend and no parents to tell them No.”<\/p>\n

“Yeah.” She eyed one of the adults–a man with short dark hair and a powder blue wool sweater–and couldn’t help thinking that he looked completely overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

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