By: Mara N
Mississippi, Grade: 6

I am not old enough to have a job, but my parents are strolling in the streets, looking for a job, and they will take anything, even dancing for an audience! That's how poor we are. As for me, my mother has promised to buy me a new dress but right now she says that we cannot afford anything right now. And she never knows when we will go back to normal again. I feel sorry for them.