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IF~rs,t pUlb:1 fished by Cr'own-

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lNIew York., USA

S~ man '& Sdhulste'r t.onden, Engllandl

Carilsen

II=Ilamlb'LJitg, Germany

Il::ditarflaJI Jcwntut IBar'oeJl(ma; Spain

CQpy~iglht

Il=IIans Wilhre1 m ~ Ilnrc.

Hans Wllheillm

H W·, ""'!I!lhl '1

~_ ,an,s "'1 . e'm

Th" . is ab - kid

'IS story lS a :',out' a "" It, everyone

thought was so terrific and so cool.

Th t k"'d'

ra ,"<j[1 ~ was me,"

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great pictures.

I even b rushed m ·Yi. lI-ICi\e;t'·h·-

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most of the time ..

M'y parents left, me alo,n,€ a lot, They' thought .I was a cool kid. But that was only on tile outside, They didn't really know me,

Nobody knew what ] was really like on, the inside-except my' grandma.

She wanted, to know how I felt.

ItWha·:··· .r : I .. rs th a 'm' '. a, 4J.~airo? If .;;0; he . a~ .... ked

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And I tolcl her everything, like how scar-ed [ 'was without a. night-light or how awful I felt when I dropped the ball

I liked, talking to Grandma, She was a good listener" A'R!d I could ask her ,aJ[1 kinds of

~ questions. Grandma was, the only one I would let 'hug me,

O - da 'h' 'I- ft fo ,- 1- -', ,,' ~ , , , ,tl ! , , ' ,

f ' .. I . ' .. ' .• ~. ", ", ;". . . _ I • i -. . I' ~:: . . . '",' "l ",.: .. ", ;' :',' I ..

n,e ,~ : ,y .is _ e -e e -, "or a. o,ng vac,at ,lon"

But before she went, she' gave me

a. special present.

1/ Oh, no," said m;y father, II'He's too old

f ",',' ':; th ~,t" ~ 1L..li'""i',,~' .. ' bi 'b'C''' ',', .-. ,:-:-., ,1,"

_ 0,11_ ,a_~ ~S a. ,.,IS _·."oy now"

i'I./I· ~git'"De' ,ff said mv m oth or shaking h Dr

,y.-:lL~,.t ~rt.uL, II~J' II(.I~'I 'I ,~.Ii, .. ',~ ,I~"

head . #H' 'I,Q; won't play with tit- HI: cl6 alr read .. ' y,:.'

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into computers .. 1i

Wh""'a" t· a weird present ~OI'· , ~I r'O":O':"I' kid

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I thought.

"Nonsense!' 'replied Grandma. "Nobody

1'"!Ii:' ' ..... 0.:,0:' old for a' tedd y:f ]t 'W":"':ll'~]'11 1I"-"~I~p··",. him

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,comp,any wr uie am away;,

Th ... - [j. k - J!.'h· lc k t 'dd'" .. id

. en, ,LOO, , ,anol!, 'ef" ,00, 81 , ,Iy an I.

decided that I liked him-except for the' stueidnbbon of course.

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He was soft ar d cuddly and kind olf fun to hold.

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. took him with me wher I was 's'ur-'~'e no .. .'b·····o' d 'Y:·'C c"o' 'u1\d:'- s"'e'" ·e· .. · him - '.

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But when. 'my mother cleaned

my' room, she put 'him <El'Way at the top of the closet,

JJ1[Art...':"'~t-' was G"- ':1I",an,_ ad m a~:

V'V.llldt ,~, ,,~. __ I _ ,,_

t'hiriJking'! You~r,e too big

fo 'Ft'" ,£1L.. is if 8t... -e'" m" - ,- sisted

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But I took \- ,"2_1, down, as soon as she left the room"

'Ie dd y:' U": nders to od W' · .: h en I told him . .

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th - ~ ] didn't 1!1IL .. - to be alone '" - th - d- - rk

. al!L W'::.· .t ·Ii. .~ .. :.~ if.' I t, ' m' . e:: ,ar <" ~

Teddy' knew ] was scared that I wo ...... Id .. Qi![ J'Dr have a b e" st' f ri end

. "W" nll!....·~c: '>'I.'Ijf~' ,,1 ,', .:.1.. "'C ~. ~

I could fa him I wa~ "I I aid the other' ": -as wouldn't

like me and ·wouJ.d. laugh behind my back,

'[- " ,- ,,- -, -- ,- 'd' that 11.....1 bl ",' -,.""',1...,., d 'I"~ t " t· : ,-,"",,'

was scare''. ' """, y, ,·,e pl~e, as, a, gamesi"i~

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or that my' parents WO( ..~ cl ~ew

me out in, front of my friends,

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Teddy knew how I felt when my par ents were

fi,OI':htlm n g

~ 11:'"-',I!l'!iI!

or. not talking to each other at aJL

And 'Ieddy knew I was scared that my mother would le',i)ve and never come backl [ know it was stupid, but sometimes I just could not help being seared.

There were other secrets, too, that I could share with 'Ieddy, It made us feel much. better, Finally we would fall asleep ~

In the m(Jrnlng tll· -'~ga

1I"l':O·U·111 .. Ii< 110nk- C,F'\ bad

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I would. get . eady to be 'rhat :' .·Iol kid ag(ai~=

the one everyone j

tb)ught was sa

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fer I l' .- c.,.

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I 'would, be as; cool. as, I coo' d be. , : xeept, of COlms€' '", '.' '.'

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~ when 'Grandma came home ,aJgaIDn,.

Bo~. was l hap'py! IOn. the outside ,and on the inside, too~~

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