Volume 12, Issue 1 The Soaring Eagle Erickson Elementary  How I Got To Go On The Erickson School Field Trip By Denisa   ‹†›‘—‘™–Šƒ–”‹ •‘ Š‘‘Ž‰‡–•–‘‰‘–‘ƒˆ‹‡Ž†–”‹’ǫ Šƒ†–‘”‡ƒ†’Ž‡–›‘ˆ„‘‘•ƒ†–ƒ‡ –‡•–•‘–Š‡ǤŠ‡‘‡• ”‡ƒ†™‡”‡Ԟ ›‡‹”† Š‘‘Ž„Ԟ‘‘•ǡԞ‹ƒ”›‘ˆƒ‹’›‹†ǡ–ԞŠ‡‘‡•–Šƒ–› –‡ƒ Š‡””‡ƒ†ǡƒ†–Š‡‘‡•–Šƒ– ‡˜‡ Š‡ ‡†‘—–ˆ”‘–Š‡Ž‹„”ƒ”›Ǥ –™ƒ••‘†‹ˆˆ‹ —Ž––‘‰‡––‘ͳͲͲ’‘‹–• „‡ ƒ—•‡  Š‡ ‡†‘—–•‘‡’‹ –—”‡„‘‘•™Š‹ Šƒ”‡“—‹ ƒ†•‹’Ž‡–‘”‡ƒ†ƒ†–Š‡  Š‡ ‡†‘—––Š‡ Šƒ’–‡”„‘‘•™Š‹ Šƒ”‡–Š‹ ƒ†ƒŽ‹––Ž‡†‹ˆˆ‹ —Ž––Šƒ–Š‡’‹ –—”‡„‘‘•„—– ™‘—Ž†‰‡–‘”‡’‘‹–•Ǥ –Š‡ ‡ƒ–‹‡ ™ƒ•”‡ƒŽŽ›‡š ‹–‡†ˆ‘”–Š‡ˆ‹‡Ž†–”‹’Ǥ Šƒ†ƒ„‘—–ͳͲͲǤ͹’‘‹–•Ǥ •‡–‘ˆˆ‘–Š‡„—•Ǥ –™ƒ••‡ŽŽ› Ž‹‡‰ƒ•Ǥ ™ƒ•’”‘—†‘ˆ›•‡Žˆ„‡ ƒ—•‡–Š‹•™ƒ•›ˆ‹”•––‹‡ƒ‹‰ͳͲͲ’‘‹–•ƒ†‹–™ƒ•›‰‘ƒŽǤ ‰‘––‘ –”ƒ˜‡Ž–‘–Š‡ˆ‹‡Ž†–”‹’Ǩ ™ƒ•ƒ––Š‡œ‘‘ƒ† Šƒ†ƒ™‘†‡”ˆ—Ž–‹‡Ǥƒ›„‡ ƒ Š‹‡˜‹‰–Š‹‰• ƒ†‹ˆˆ‹ —Ž–„—–ƒ•ƒ‰ƒ‹ ™‘—Ž†Šƒ˜‡ƒƒ™‡•‘‡–‹‡Ǥ  The Best Trip Ever By Efrain  ‡†ƒ› Ž‡ˆ––‘–ǤŽ›’—•‹‹• ‘•‹‡ŽŽ•™‹–Š›— Ž‡•ǡƒ†™‡‰‘– ‘–Š‡•‡•™‹‰•–Šƒ–‰‘ƒ•Š‹‰Šƒ•‰‹ƒ––Š‡•™‹‰™ƒ•‰‘‹‰ƒ”‘—†ƒŽƒ”‰‡’‘Ž‡Ǥ ƒŽ•‘‰‘–‘–Š‡•‡‰‘ƒ”–••‘‡‰‘•Ž‘™ǡƒ†•‘‡‰‘•’‡‡†ƒ† ‰‘–‘™‹–Š›— Ž‡Ǥ‡ƒŽ‘•––‹’’‡† ‘˜‡”„‡ ƒ—•‡–Š‡ƒ”–™ƒ•‰‘‹‰•‘ˆƒ•–‹–‰‘‡•‘–Š‹•”‘ƒ†–Šƒ–‰‘‡••‘Š‹‰Š‹–Š‡ƒ‹”Ǥ –‰‘‡•†‘™ƒ•–‡‡’ Š‹ŽŽǤ  Š‡”‡‹•–Š‹•’‘‘Ž–Šƒ–‹• ƒŽŽ‡†–Š‡Žƒœ›”‹˜‡”‹ˆ›‘—Ž‡ƒ’‹‹–™‹ŽŽ–‘–ƒŽŽ›–ƒ Ž‡›‘—†‘™ǡƒ† †‘˜‡‹–‘‹–ǡ ƒ† †‘˜‡‹–‘‹––‘‘‡†‘™Ǥ †‘˜‡‹–‘–Š‹•’‘‘Ž–Šƒ–ƒ‡•Š—‰‡™ƒ˜‡•ǡƒ†›— Ž‡Š‡™ƒ•–”›‹‰–‘‘–‰‡–™‡–„‡ ƒ—•‡–Š‡™ƒ–‡”™ƒ• •‘ ‘Ž†Ǥ—––Š‡–Š‡”‡™ƒ•ƒ™ƒ˜‡–™‘–‹‡•ƒ•–ƒŽŽƒ•‡•‘Š‡–‹’’‡†‘˜‡”Ǥ ƒŽ•‘”ƒ‹–Š‹•‹†‘‘”’‘‘Žǡƒ†–Š‡”‡‹•ƒ™ƒ–‡”•Ž‹†‡–Šƒ–›‘—Šƒ˜‡–‘‰‘‹–‘–Š‡•‡–—„‡•ǡƒ†‡ƒ†› — Ž‡ƒŽ‘•–ˆŽ‹’’‡†‘˜‡”ǨǨ  †–Š‡”‡‹•ƒ†‡Ž‹ ‹‘—•†‡••‡”– ƒŽŽ‡†ƒˆ—‡Ž ƒ‡‹–™ƒ••‘†‡Ž‹ ‹‘—•Ǥ ––ƒ•–‡† ”‡ƒ›„‡ ƒ—•‡‹–Šƒ†‹ ‡ ”‡ƒƒ†‹–ƒŽ•‘–ƒ•–‡†Ž‹‡•–”ƒ™„‡””‹‡•„‡ ƒ—•‡ ‰‘––Š‡•–”ƒ™„‡””›‘‡›‘— ‘—Ž†ƒŽ•‘‰‡––Š‡ Š‘ ‘Žƒ–‡ ‘‡Ǥ ƒ˜‡™‡––‘ƒ•’‡ ‹ƒŽ’Žƒ ‡™‹–Š›‘—”ˆƒ‹Ž›ǫ     My Special Visit To A Special Place By Gabriella Hurray! Hurray! I was going to the planetarium with my mom and dad. I was sure it going to be a terrific day. When we entered I told my parents “ Wow’’ because there was so many amazing items like still trains to get to do that same day. I got to go onto a train, helicopters, and trackers. We spotted a video of how plants grow. We only saw a minute but I thought it was amazing. Then we set off into the animal room. There were videos of how a lot of animals were born. There was only one more room left. It was the fairytale room. There is only one big light gray castle with a lot of rooms in that room. The castle has all different kinds of princesses like snow white in that castle. Finally, it was time for us to go home. I was so unhappy because I didn’t want to leave, it was such a great day! I will never ever forget that day!

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Once ,I remember me and my little sister “Nicole “ always made races to find the most seashells . “ I bet ya I would win Natalie!” She blabbered out to my face . “ Oh ya!” I spoke proudly hoping that I would win . At the end it was all a tie , Nicole uttered that she had more, obviously she was lying ! “ See look I have 30 you have 29 ,so ha !” She spoke in her bratty voice . “ Nicole !” I yelled , “ Why don’t we do something else ?” “ Okay , like what ? “ She questioned me . “ How about let’s do something with mom and dad and Jessica !” I stammered with excitement knowing that I was planning something quite amazing! [ if do say so myself!] My plan was to get the others to burry my mom in the sun while she was getting her tan on what it seemed like , gold silky sand that was at times felt spongy because of the water rushing up from the bay. This was going to be funny ! “Dad Jessica come over here !” They quickly rushed towards me . “ Our plan is to get mom and bury her in the sand !” The others agreed . We were slowly but surely tip toeing towards mom . It took a while but we did it ! She looked like a mermaid ! My dad took a bunch of pictures ! Good thing she is a rough sleeper !But the worst thing about this silly prank was that eventually she woke up,and eventually she got mad!Once she stood up she was covered in sand head to toe ! But now she realized an important lesson ,to never trust us !!! And today I realized an important lesson too, and that was making moments and creating memories that you will carry on for life !!!

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My Special Day By: Adriana

One special day that I remember was when my family and I went on a trip to Panama City Beach in florida. This was special because I was able to go with my brother Anthony my dad and my mom and our family friends the Literarios. The Literarios have six people in their family, those six people are Mrs. Lerario, Mr. Lerario, Their kids are Biagio who is in seventh grade and my brother Anthony is his age, Marisa who is in fifth grade and she is my friend, Juliana who is in first grade, and their little sister Valentina who is in preschool. I remember researching all kinds of hotels with my parents to find a perfect place for us to stay. This got me very excited because the pictures of pools and beaches. We finally picked a hotel on the beach with two pools an indoor one and a outdoor one. Now it was time for my parents to buy the plane tickets. My parents let Anthony and I choose who we wanted to sit by on the plane. I chose to sit by my mom and I got to sit by the window. We had to wake up at three in the morning to make it in time for our flight. Once we sat down on the airplane next my mom I started getting more and more excited. It took us three hours to fly to Panama City Beach. Once we landed in Panama City Beach we got of the plane got are luggage and got into a car. I was so tired from waking up so early but I got used to it. It only took thirty minutes to drive to the hotel. When we got to the hotel I got out of the car to look at the hotel called Splash. The hotel was much bigger than the pictures that were on the internet. It was made out of brick and was ENORMOUS! Their was to buildings with thirty floors. Their was actually twenty nine floors because their wasn't a thirteenth floor. When we walked to our room I saw the pool and I begged my parents to take Anthony and I their. My parents said” We need to find the Lerarios and were going to go to the beach first.” This was a much better idea. We got to our room on the seventeenth floor and we changed into our swimming suits for the beach. We went and met our friends and said Hi and we were off to the beach. We went to the beach set our towels down and went in the water, this was what i've been waiting for since the first minute my parents told me we were going to Florida. I played with my friends all day on the beach and drank smoothies and fruit drinks. My friends and I went to the beach and the pool for six days straight. We went out to eat every night. This was fun because their was ten of us! We ate at all different kinds of restaurants. My favorite was a German restaurant. I had chicken tenders at the German restaurant. I also liked eating at the grill by the pool. I woke up on the last day of Panama City Beach sad that we had to pack up and go home. We packed up our clothes and went the airport and went home I was sad that the best vacation of my life was over. I was happy that I was back home. It was the best vacation I ever had!

Getting Nervous By Jimmy So​ metimes get nervous, this time I was very nervous. Once when I was making a plastic model with my brother I was nervous that I was going to make mistake. I was My brother said, “ It is okay to make a mistake on your first try.” So I tried it. The Camaro turned out to be bad because I cut it so badly, it didn’t even look like a car. After I went to make another car this time it was a truck. I made a Ford Aeromax semi. It was a little hard. I made the truck, it was so crazy. It had a 10 chrome wheel, bumper, grill, it had 10 tires,a trailer holder, and a ……….cockpit!!! I made the truck it was … AWESOME!!!!!! I showed it to my dad, but it wasn’t good enough.He told me it was bumpy. Instead of make a plastic model I made a r/c car I made rc car. My car is a mini cooper s. I thought it was going take a hour. It didn’t look like it. It only took 30 min. I thought of making a another one. Now I’m not scared to make a car!

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My mom said “If you are going to be bad you can’t keep the skateboard.” I said “ok mom.” So, know I not sure if I can keep the longboard. I asked myself can I keep my brothers skateboard? I guess yes he has a skate board too so if I get this one taken away I can use his. How about if his gets taken away? That will be bad no skateboard and longboard.

The next day I woke up and I went to do the trash stuff I hate that but then another thing caught my attention “ I new skateboard!” My mom bought me a new skateboard wow now it is a skate board not a longboard. So after doing the trash I went inside and then ate my breakfast and got dressed. Then I went outside to the skateboard now it wasn’t there “NOOOOOOOOO!.” This is just no right is this skateboard for my or someone else who could take it my brother a robber no not a robber. A robber wants money not a skateboard. What could it be wait my brother had a birthday party maybe that “ So that is not for me.”

So, later in the day I asked my brother if he took it to the birthday party but he said he did not know what I was talking about so something is wrong here. No one in my family rides a skateboard except my brother but he didn’t know anything about that. So, no more choice spying on my brother.  7KH)LUVW7LPH,%DNHG  E\5DPHHQ  It was a normal day and I was just reading book then my sister called me in the kitchen she said “One of our Dad’s office workers is coming with us to bake and our cousins Kaif,Ayan.Kabree and Aaish it was the first time I had ever bake with all of my cousins so then I just read my book until they can then I heard the doorbell and then I let them in but Kabree was just a baby so he could not bake so he just saw us bake the cupcakes but he is impressed because he had never seen it happen. In a baby voice he says “wow” because he never sees that happen so now we were done putting all the ingredients so now we had to do was mix then we were done mixing and we got tired of mixing and mixing but we took turns we also let Kabree mix little then we had to put in each little cupcake cup.The some of the designs were little diamonds and some were balloons we were done so we put them in the oven. Then the cupcakes were done they smell so good so we were getting out the frosting and sprinkles and some icing. The colors were yellow, blue vanilla, chocolate, confetti, and rainbow.The kind of sprinkles we have were stars,balls,squares and all sorts of.Then we started to decorate I made a R and my sister made a W my athor sister made a M and My cousins made theirs. The we were done and we stared to eat them.It was like the best day ever.

First time I went to the Bears game

by Nick

The first time I went to the bears game was with my dad cousin and my friend his name is Jack.. The car ride there was 4 hours because of traffic. We missed the first and second half. We still had a lot of fun on the car ride there we played on my phone.

Next we got there and we had to go through security then we tried to find our seats but we could not find them. And we did not want to walk the whole game so we just went to the united club that is where they give you free food if you show them your tickets. Once we ate Jack and I got a football!!!

“Jake and I had a amazing time,’’ Nick exclaimed.’   E\0LFKDHO  One day, a boy named Michael, went to Cedar Point. Ohio. It was a amusement park. My 2 step sister’s, My Dad, My step-mom, and my brother came. One roller coaster called The Minilmum Force, is the highest roller coaster in the park! it looked scary but i wanted to go on it so i did. We were in line i was excited. i said, “I am so excited!” My step-mom answered, “You are?” The line went a bit fast because a lot of people went at the same time.

Then, it was time to go on the roller coaster. I went in the seat and buckled up. I said, “oh god i'm so scared!” my brother said, “oh god…” The roller coaster started. First, I went up and up and up and up until i could see almost the whole amusement park. I saw my Dad and step sister waving up! They didn't want to go on the roller coaster. Then, we went down. it went so fast! Also, i screamed, “AHH!” everyone was screaming to. Even a couple of times we went through a tube and one time it took a picture.

After the roller coaster, i said, “that was so cool!” My dad answered, “it was?” i said to him back, “Yeah!” I was so excited. I just went on the tallest roller coaster in the amusement park! After that, We looked at are picture. Now, i experienced something. You should try before being scared.  7KH)LUVW7LPH,:HQWWR/DV9HJDV E\0D\XUL  7KHILUVWWLPH,ZHQWWR/DV9HJDVZDVSKHQRPHQDO,WVWDUWHGZKHQP\JUDQGSDUHQWVDQGP\ FRXVLQFDPHRYHU:HSOD\HGŽSRNHUŽZKLOHKHWROGXVDERXWKLVVWRULHVRI/DV9HJDV7KHQKH ILQDOO\VDLGŽFKLOGUHQ,DPJRLQJWR/DV9HJDVDQG\RXFDQFRPHZLWK«LI\RXZDQWŽ,UDQWRP\ PRWKHUOLNHDMHW,VDLGŽPRP,QHHGWRJRWR/DV9HJDV3OHDVH3OHDVH3OHDVHŽ,WWRRNORDGVRI FU\LQJZKLQLQJDQGFRQYLQFLQJEXWVKHVDLGŽ

The first Time I was In Bahamas

by: Maya

The first time I was in Bahama’s was when I was 2.It was late at night when my mom Margret woke me up.I don’t know what time it was.My dad Mark said’’It’s time to get in the car and to the airport’’.So my uncle drove us to the airport.I looked out of the window It was dark and I could hear cars pass by ,I was sleepy.Then I went to sleep by the time I woke up we were on the plane and it was 5:00 am.We had 1 more hour till we got to Bahamas.I was bored so my mom said’’I Know your bored but here are some toys you can play with till we get to Bahamas.I said’’Yay’’’.

Then when we were halfway there the airplane started falling and we thought we were going to die but we found out that the pilot was sleeping and the other pilot was trying to wake the other pilot up and he finally did and we were safe.’. Then It had already passed a hour and we were at Bahamas.

I was surprised I never was on vacation before.I saw these weird trees that my mom said they were called ‘’palm trees’’I said’’palm trees what a funny name’’.I also saw beautiful red feathered parrots and a lot of beautiful things I couldn’t describe.My mom said we would stay there for a week so I wouldn’t worry.The days passed quickely untill there was 1 day left I was sad.The next day we also got up early and went to the airport to fly home.I went to sleep like on the way here.I woke up and we were at home and then I thought about all the fun things I did in Bahamas.

The First Day Of School by Maggie

The first day of school was amazing! I had so much fun! I was so lucky that I got Miss Winiarczyk! She is super nice! I hopped out of the car and said, “Goodbye Mom, I love you!” And I rushed to my line. I talked to my best friends until the bell rang. “Time to go inside!” Said my parapro, Miss Kramer. She is super nice!

She walked us down to our classroom. I found my desk and had a seat. Then my beautiful, awesome teacher walked into the room and said, “Don’t unpack your backpacks just yet, we have art right away on a Wednesday, so please, drop your stuff by your desk and get into line.” I got into line and we walked down the long hallway.

I caught a glimpse of the new art room. It had so much pretty, vibrant colors in it, it was a beautiful sight to see! Then, my brand new art teacher stepped out of the room and into the hallway. She gave us a warm welcome and told us that we can go inside. “We are doing a painting today. It’s called an ish painting. Who here thinks that they might know what an ish painting is?” She asked. “Yes,” As she pointed to me. “An ish painting is a painting of colors. It is full of colors and you find things that look alike. Like say you found a flower in the ish painting. It wouldn’t look exactly like a flower, that’s why it’s flowerish.” I say. “Very good. Yes, and ish painting is a painting full of ish things. Unfortunately it’s time to leave, so we will do our ish paintings next time. I will start to dismiss tables when you are quiet. Okay, red, green, yellow, blue, purple,and orange.

We got in line and walked into our classroom. I started to unpack my backpack. Their was a lot of stuff in there! I reorganized my desk because I hate being disorganized.

After I was finished organizing my desk I went to my locker. I rearranged everything so it was clean and neat. Then I went back into the classroom and sat in my seat. It was almost time to leave!

“Bring!” “Oh, that was the bell. Grab your backpacks and get in line please. Also, don’t forget to get your mail.” She said. I walked into the gym and dropped of my stuff. I was so happy that I have an amazing teacher to teach me.

First day of Kindergarten by Lewis

The first day of kindergarten was amazing! First we came into the classroom “Hi..” said me. It was my neighbor Jackie Cozzi “Hi” said Jackie. “I can’t what.” said me “Me either.” said Jackie. Then we went in the classroom and met my teacher she was really nice. two kids were crying. There names were Jacob and Hubert. But then our teacher had a puppet and Jacob and Hubert stopped crying.

After that went to gym and played number tag it was fun. After gym we went to recess it was so fun I played on the slide. Finally we went to line up to go home and our teacher said “By”. I love Kindergarten.

The First Time I Went to School

by Kushi The first time I went to school was a long time back. I was crying That very moment I was getting late! ​“I don’t want to go!” “It will be fine!” said mom while putting me into my car seat. I was crying the whole way there. Until inside my teacher gave me 2 chocolates. I stopped crying because my preschool teacher said if only I stop crying you will get this. But each day I used cry ,cry and cry a lot. Then one day my teacher did something really fun! And I enjoyed it alot. We all got candy and played lots of baby games with them and then got fresh candy to eat them! From then, I loved school a lot!

But every year in school The teachers got a lot more strict for our level.“​ No khushi! You are not supposed to do that!” ​In my old kindergarten my teacher was really strict. She acted like a strict second grade teacher. And she scolded us if we did something wrong. But eventually I realized School gets harder every time.

T​ he first time when I went to 4th grade. by Julia The first time I went to 4th grade I was so scared. I didn't know how it is going to be. my mom told me that it is going to be fine but I was still scared . Then we were at school already. We went to my classroom and my teacher was Miss. W she was very funny and she was of course pretty too. My mom went to go and bring my brother to class and she went home to do her things . Miss.W stared to tell us about things about what we are going to be doing and what the things are in the class to. It was recess time everybody was confused because they had lunch first and then recess. S the teachers told the students that is what you do in 4th grade. We came back from reess and then luck school was over we went home and i told my mom it was not scary but it was fun! The First Time I Did Gymnastics by Hannah

The first time I did something was when I was doing gymnastics. I was trying to do an ariel, which is a no-handed cartwheel. This is how it went. So I was at the Bloomingdale park district for a schools out program and we were going to be in the gymnastics room. “Yes” I said with excitement.

Once we got there the coach had us stretch. All the boys were whining. I wasn’t. After that we went to the bars. We did that for a while. Then we went to floor. While everybody else was jumping on the air floor I was practicing my ariel like it was a regular class. Once I landed it on the springboard she wanted me to do it on the floor “I don’t think I should” I said. “Oh, Just do it she said I tried it while she was spotting me and it was good. She thought it was good to so she told me to try it by myself. She also said if I made it I would get a dollar. Then I did it with all the other kids looking at me. Then I landed it! Everybody cheered.

I got my dollar and everybody was watching when I got it which was pretty awesome.. That day I was really proud of myself.

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The First Time I Went to Wisconsin Dells by Dylan The first time I went to wisconsin dells we had lots of fun because In the pool they had some many things to do. IN our hotel room we had two beds so I slept on and air mattress. After the pool my mom said what I wanted to eat for dinner I said ‘’steak’’ My mom said ‘’ok’’ then we ate dinner. It was delicious. The next day we went to get breakfast I had 2 pancakes and a muffin. After that we went to room and played sorry. Then we went to the pool.

Have you ever did a flip on the monkey bars. I have and it is super scary when you first try.

At the first day of third grade me and my friend Tanvi were on the swings when I noticed that people were doing flips on the bars. I wanted to try but I did not know. Tanvi did not know either. Finally the bell rang and we went inside.

Everyday I went to the bars to practice but I just could not do it. One recess I tried and I did it I was so happy and it was the best day. I told everybody “ i did it I did it” I screamed excitedly. It was the happiest day of my life.

I was going to do this everyday. I showed some people how to do a flip and I said “ I will show you step by step”. Some people even did on their first try

Then I thought I would go on the higher bars and I did that too..” I am on a winning streak “ I said in my happy voice. I did that everyday and I do it in 4th grade too.

I did something wonderful and scary so can you. Everybody has a talent just remember that by Dia

taco by Daniel

When I was a baby Crawled over and grabbed a taco. My family Alex, Anjolina ,mom Dee was like..what! Then I took the bowl and I loved it. What was the first food you ate?

Six Flags by Cosette

When I went to six flags with my aunt. “Are you ready,” my aunt said. “Yes I am so excited to go to sixflags,” I said. My aunt was ready to go. Soon as we got there we first got on a roller coaster at first I was pretty scared to get on the ride. My aunt said “it’s going to be fun.” Soon as we got on I was less scared because I said to myself I​ can do I can do it I can do it ​ then when we started to move I was screaming inside of me I was still scared though. When we were upside down I was getting shaky and saying to myself I​ won’t fall I won't fall i won't fall. W​ hen we got off I said “I did it!” I was so happy I did it.

We went on another roller coaster it was better since I got use to being on roller coaster I wanted to go on another roller coaster it was really fun when I got use to it I put my hand in the air to make it better. “That roller coaster was faster,” I said. “ I know it was really fast and fun,” my aunt said.

We were going home I wanted to stay but at least I might go back. When we got back to my house I said “thanks for taking me to sixflags”. “No problem Cosette,” my aunt said. “Good bye,” I said. “Good bye,” my aunt said.

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