I'd tried leaving my car in a gravel lot near a street of bars, but had had a poor experience when a drunk slammed into the passenger side door of my car, leaving a sizeable dent. I knew that it was illegal to leave my car overnight, but it was the only lot I could rely on that was next to my apartment building. I had parked in this lot dozens of times before and had occasionally received a ticket for parking much longer than I should have been. One night, after a fun date with my wife, we pulled the station wagon into a city parking lot near several municipal buildings. Thankfully, my parents stepped in to assist me and decided to let me use their blue station wagon in the meantime, so that I was able to get to school without too much hassle. A gentleman kindly helped me put my car into neutral and we rolled it off the highway together, into the parking lot of, ironically, an automobile repair shop.

I quickly dialed 911 and informed them my car was on fire in the middle of the highway (it wasn't, but I wasn't thinking at that point fear controlled every ounce of my consciousness). Panicking (I was on a busy stretch of highway that was under construction and cars were honking their horns incessantly behind me), I rolled down the window and waved cars by. I was coming back to my apartment after a weekend at my parent's and, as I approached a stoplight just blocks away from my home, the engine stopped and smoke began to roil out from under the hood. My car had decided to fail on me on a hot day. It was my second year of college and I was in a tight bind. I think it was 'The Eloquent Peasant' that I was most drawn to and that seemed to be the most relatable.

These three Egyptian short stories were relatively enjoyable nothing amazing, compared to 'Gilgamesh', but fun and light. The peasant provides strong reasoning why the dick is a dick.įavorite Quote: 'Then said this Dehuti-necht, when he saw the asses of this peasant which appealed to his covetousness: 'Oh that some good god would help me to rob this peasant of his goods!'' 2.)A random guy has adventures around Egypt.ģ.) A peasant is just living the life and some dick tries to take advantage over him and steal stuff. Lengths: 1,600 words 4,500 words 5,000 wordsġ.) A random guy tells the Pharaoh's right-hand-man a cool story about a magic island and a dragon. Titles: ' The Shipwrecked Sailor' ' The Tale of Sinuhe' ' The Eloquent Peasant'

The eloquent peasant