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Personal Narrative-Time To Move

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Time to Move
Mark’s father came home from work around 7:00 and Mark ran up to hug him. His smile weakened. “We’re moving,” he said, in a quiet, hesitant voice. Ten year old Mark had lived in Bradford, Pennsylvania for his whole life until he had to move Georgia at age nine. His father was in the Army and it was time for them to leave. Going to school and making new friends wasn’t easy for him, but he got through the year despite the hardships. Now he has to move again. “NO I AM NOT MOVING AGAIN AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME!”, he screamed at the top of his lungs as he ran upstairs and slammed his bedroom door shut. A few minutes later his mother came in. “I don’t care what you tell me, I’m not moving.” Now he was quiet, but he sobbed as he spoke. “We

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