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Personal Narrative: Bounded People Have Their Instruments

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It all started during band. Before the bell rang everyone was supposed to have their instruments, so me, David, and Arthur assembled our trombones. When the bell rang Mr.Glover told us that the trombones to practice in the old choir room. So we went straight into the band room when we found out what songs we were to play. David’s tuning slide was stuck so I went back out and gave him my slide grease then I said “look how easy mine slides up” and I just barely pushed it up and it flew completely off the slide. The piece flew up in the air about two meters and landed on it the top. I was personally surprised that it didn’t create a huge dent but i guess that it is thicker than the rest of the brass. I didn’t even comprehend

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