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Clara Barton

Hi!  My name is Clara Barton.  When my mother was pregnant with me, my sister said, “I hope it’s a girl.”  My brother said, “Well, it is going to be a boy.”  My sister was right.

While my siblings were at school, I went with my dad to our farm.  Years later, Sally (my sister) and David (my brother) taught me how to ride a horse.

Many years later, I offered to be a teacher.  I lost my breath completely.  I decided I was going to Washington.  Washington was a very exciting city.  I saw men huddled together, and then I wondered if they were discussing war.  

I said to Mr. Mason, “Now may I see where I’m going to work?”

Mr. Mason said, “Certainly, Miss Barton.”

In November 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the U.S.A.  I quit my job and helped give out supplies during the Civil War.  I helped a lot of people.  Later, I was the founder of the American Red Cross.

 

We had a fire with our friends and cousins.  It was very big.  Tim played with fire on a stick.  It was 9:00 when we started.

We also went in our hot tub for about 15 minutes.  We would have gone bowling if I weren’t sick.  So we did the fire.

There were seven people at the fire.  It was in our backyard.  The people were Mrs. Sharkey, Mr. Sharkey, Mom, Dad, Uncle Pete, Aunt Emily, and me.  We roasted marshmallows on two sticks, one for me and one for Tim.

Lainey was with Maggie inside.  Jon and Noah were playing Fortnite in Jon’s room.  When I went in Jon’s room, he was playing basketball, and Noah was lying on the ground and playing Minecraft.  He has a whole farm.  Noah is sssoooooooooooo good at Minecraft, and Jon is ssssooooooooooooooooo good at Fortnite.

The fire ended at 11:30.  It was fun.

I went to China Moon Buffet, and I had sushi, rice, beef on a stick, and for dessert I had ice cream and jello.  We walked over to the car place and picked up our car.  Then we went home.  It was fun.

It’s okay to love burritos.

It’s okay to love cats and dogs.

It’s okay to watch TV.

It’s okay to like playing War.

It’s okay to like Yahtzee.

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