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short story: Lost and Found

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Orientation . Donna and her husband John go to the beach every Saturday in the summer.  Today is no exception. Donna packs a picnic lunch. She cannot find their beach towels. Donna always loses things. The towels are not in the laundry basket or dryer. They are not in the closet, either. She finally looks in her beach bag. She sees the towels folded in the bottom. Of course, the beach towels are exactly where they should be.           Who?          Action verb         Complication Donna puts on her swimsuit and floppy sun hat. She is almost ready. She just needs her sunglasses. She thinks they are on the table by the door. Or maybe they are in the bathroom. They could also be in her purse. Donna sighs. John puts the picnic basket, umbrella, and beach bag in the car.  He checks his fishing poles and equipment. He places them in the car beside the picnic basket.. Daisy , their dog, jumps in the backseat. She loves

Machu Picchu

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Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu district in Peru, above the Sacred Valley. Most archeologics believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti. Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas" it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization  The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the  Spanish Conquest . Although known locally, it was not known to the Spanish during the colonial period and remained unknown to the outside world until American historian  Hiram Bingham  brought it to international attention in 1911. Machu Picchu  was built in the classical inca style, with polished dry stone walls. Its three primary structures, are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the room of the Three windows. Most of the outying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give tourists a better idea of how they originally appeared.  By 1976