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The Family Under The Bridge Analysis

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The Family Under the Bridge The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson is about an old homeless man named Armand that lives under a bridge in Paris, and everything he owns could be pushed by an old baby buggy without a hood. Then one day a tent filled with 3 kids take his spot. The story starts when Armand tries to kick the kids out of his area. Then the kids’ mom comes and talks rudely to Armand then Armand leaves to find another bridge to sleep under. When he finds one he sleeps, then he wakes up the next morning and wants to take back his spot. Before he knows it he was put in a situation where he takes the children, Evelyne, Paul, and Suzy to Father Christmas at the mall. Then after that day he wanted the family to have

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