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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Era (02/03/11)
Sam Weller, a grizzly looking man was a prospector and had been for most of his life. Sam knew the area like the back of his hand which He should as he had spend enough time out there alone. This morning he had a harder time getting up old age was creepy up and it was getting harder and harder for him to get up in the morning.

Especially this morning due to the hard work he had done the previous night. There wasn’t anything else to do but to work especially when you have gold fever.

The morning was damp and foggy, San’s camp site was by the old military Miller Creek at one-time it was a river now it was just a dried River bed. Sam could see that after the fog burned off and the rays of the sun pierced thought the fog in was going to be a nice warn day, once the sun was out.

It was the end of the month and Sam needed supplies so he decided to go into town which was about 60 miles away. He decided to leave his old mule behind and just walk alone into town. He needed time to think he had been looking for gold for so long and he had very little to show for it, he gave up so much for the possibility of discovering gold.

As Sam approach the outskirts of the town he noticed some strange sounds coming from the town and started to wonder what it could be, he had never heard anything like that before. As he got closer to town he could see where the sound was coming from it looked like a wagon but it had no horses to draw it. He asked people around him and they told him it was a Horse less Carriage. Without knowing it a new era had creep up on old Sam.

What a strange and amazing contraction Sam thought to himself. Sam decided it was about time he quit prospecting and return to civilization. He felt he missed out not seeing the progress that had overtaking him. He thought to himself I need a change of life Ian getting tired of being alone and nothing to show for it I need to be around people and I what to see progress.
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Anita van der Elst
02/12/11
You have quite a creative concept for the topic. I like that. Your story telling ability shows great potential. A suggestion I have is that you would have someone else proof-read to help pinpoint the mispelled and or incorrectly used words, such as "contraction" when I think you meant "contraption". Keep writing. I think you have more stories to tell!
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
02/12/11
This is a nice story. You have a few typos, but I liked how you showed we can get caught in our own wilderness, while the world is going on around us.
Norma-Anne Hough
02/13/11
Lovely story. Apart from some grammar and spelling mistakes, this is a good story.
Perhaps you could ask someone to check your story once written. Keep going as you have a lovely style.
Mildred Sheldon
02/13/11
What a story. We live in our own little world and miss so many things until we stop and look around. I enjoyed this. Good job.
diana kay
02/15/11
i loved this story of the old prospector. Thanks for telling it. I wonder how he will get on back in society!
Brenda Rice
02/16/11
Thanks for sharing an interesting entry.