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CXC short story award 2007 The CXC short story award 2007 went to this answer. CXC English A paper 2 question: Write a story which includes the words, The phone rang once and stopped. It rang again. This was it now. Beads of sweat slowly trickled down my face, the numbing feeling of guilt stealthily creeping up my spine. I sat in my western looking living room on the cowboy patterned sofa, shaking from head to toe. The dingy brown, the room had been painted, it seemed nauseating at this moment - or was it the fact that the walls of the room seemed to be closing in on me. I wish they would, I thought. My mind drifted to two hours earlier that day in my classroom. Life seemed less complex then. Come on Susan! There is no one†¦show more content†¦Essay length: 709 words This essay was written by Grace-Ann Collins of Ardenne High School, Jamaica (2007) CXC short story award 2006 The CXC short story award 2006 went to this answer. CXC English A paper 2 question: Write a short story based on the picture below. [pic] She sat at the corner with vacant eyes, discarded just like the rubbish which surrounded her. On one foot she wore a discarded men’s boot which she found scavenging for food. On the other she wore a woman’s shoe which seemed to be quite stylish but now had a broken heel and was tied to her feet by a string which viciously bit into her instep. In between head and toe she wore what appeared to be various parts of clothing which had various stitching all over resembling a dirty blanket. As she sat on the ground oblivious to the comments and remarks of those around her she held in her hand a picture. The picture itself seemed to have been in colour but due to time it reverted back to black and white. The edges were yellow and there were many cracks in it due to constant folding and unfolding. In the picture one could barely make out the face of a young man smiling, his emotions frozen in time. 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