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Going Hungry, again...

By: Evelyn P
New Hampshire, Grade: 5

Today, my mother went out to scavenge some food for my sisters and brothers. My perky little sister has become a skinny skeleton, a moody skeleton.
It's pitiful, it really is. Mother tried and tried, but didn't get any.
Well, it isn't the first time at least. We're used to it; it's not like its the first time we've starved!
But a morsel for my family will be great.
Chicken, warm toasty bread, warm Mother's homemade acorn soup...
 

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