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I am the only leader

By: Liana J
Illinois, Grade: 6

Mama,Papa,Catherine,Kristopher,Jany,and Mary are all moving on the streets today.But not me.I won't go.I don't care if it is the Great Depression and we are poor.I don't want to leave.So now I am sitting in an empty house about to be burned down when I look out on the streets where the rest of my family lives I see little Catherine crying.I see my older cousin Nora trying to help but Catherine just mumbles something.
 

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