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Personal Narrative: The Plague Of Food In Canada

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I had to go to work again I can 't do it much longer because we are getting less and less money and food. There is a massive famine right now. I had to weave mats and blankets for eight hours straight and for lunch I had a onion and just a tiny piece of bread. When I was done I had to buy food with the five cents I earned for today. I 've bought bread and grain. When I was done eating dinner I looked at a poster and saw that there was high-pay and lots of jobs in Canada . Tomorrow I have to massage British officer 's feet and get paid seven cents. We have to pay $1.90 a month for taxes which leaves us with only $0.15 after buying food. March 10, 1887 Sorry I didn 't write yesterday but we were preparing for my birthday! The sad part is that a

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