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1. Oceans and lakes have much in common, but they are also quite different. Both are bodies
of water, but oceans are very large bodies of salt water, while lakes are much smaller bodies
of fresh water. Lakes are usually surrounded by land, while oceans are what surround
continents. Both have plants and animals living in them. The ocean is home to the largest
animals on the planet, whereas lakes support much smaller forms of life. When it is time for a
vacation, both will make a great place to visit and enjoy. I want to swim in the lake.
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2. Sunset is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds. There are blue,
pink, and purple swirls, spinning and twisting, like clouds of balloons caught in a blender.
Sunset is the opposite of sunrise. The sun moves slowly to hide behind the line of horizon,
while the moon races to take its place in prominence atop the night sky. People slow to a
crawl, entranced, fully forgetting the deeds that still must be done. There is a coolness, a
calmness, when the sun does set.
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3. Here is the perfect system for cleaning your room. First, move all of the items that do not
have a proper place to the center of the room. Get rid of at least five things that you have not
used within the last year. Take out all of the trash, and place all of the dirty dishes in the
kitchen sink. Now find a location for each of the items you had placed in the center of the
room. 5s is a Japanese cleaning system. For any remaining items, see if you can squeeze
them in under your bed or stuff them into the back of your closet. See, that was easy!
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