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An Odd Grade 4

O n a hot summer day, there was a young girl with brown

hair and brown eyes. She was ready to go to school with a

purple backpack full of books. Mary, that was her name,

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was really nervous; it was June 1 , the first day of exams.
Mary had studied all night for it, because her parents always told her,

“Mary, you have to do your homework,” but she did not care. However,

though she did not agree with her parents all the time, she sometimes

listened to them because she loved her parents.

Mary looked at her watch: 7:30! She beat her record. Then she went

happily to school. When she got to school, she sat down on a bench and

said hello to the security guard.

“Hello, MS” said Mary.

“Hi! How are you?”

“I am fine.”

Everyone greeted her, except for the popular girls. They never greeted

anyone except each other. The whole day they talk and talk about beauty

and, well, let me not tell you the whole story.

“Hi, Josephine!” said Andrea.

“Hi, Andrea! I hope you can come to my sleepover!” said Josephine.

“Of course! You are like my best friend.”

Andrea is the most suspicious one of all. She and her mom look at

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