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I was Happy
My name is Abina and I’m 13 years old, I have a brother and a sister I love very much. My dad is a metal worker and my mom stays home, takes care of us, and makes the best sauce. I have many friends in my village and we all love to run around and play tag. Right now, we are playing an intense game of tag where if you get tagged, you have to wait 10 seconds before you can start running to tag another person. There are about 10 of us playing, and there are no boundaries but we have to stay where our parents can see us. We had been playing tag for about an hour when my parents called my siblings and me to come in for dinner. We ran inside to wash our hands and we waited for our parents to put the food on the table before we could sit down. After we were done with dinner, we were told to wash the dishes and to get ready for bed.