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THE DAY THE DEPRESSION BEGUN

By: AUTUMN G
Alabama, Grade: 5

WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING I KNEW IT WOULD BE A BAD DAY.BECUASE MAMA WAS COUGHING LIKE I HAVE NEVER HEARD.SHE SAID BREAKFAST WAS ON THE TABLE.I ATE BUT I STILL FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG.THEN PAPA CAME THROUGH THE DOOR.HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO CRY.HE JUST LOOKED AT MY SUFFORING MOTHER COMING DOWN THE STAIRS.MAMA TOLD PAPA IT WAS A COLD.BUT I KNEW IT WAS SOMTHING MORE SO DID PAPA.HE TOLD MAMA THAT HE GOT FIRED.MAMA THEN LOOKED EVEN WORSE.PAPA SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT BEGAN CALLED THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
 

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