with her mother and brother. Safia says she wrote her first poem for a high school English class three years ago.

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How I wished I had the power to enter that bright light and float with her through those beautiful forests.

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The idea of her little family looking fresh and new for once in their lives made her restless with excitement.

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The story is told by Sara Louise Bradshaw, a 13-year-old girl who lives with her parents and her twin sister Caroline.

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She handed the girl a five dollar bill and waited for her change and the wrapped box with the stockings.

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It was already eight o'clock and Sylvie wondered if her grandmother would be angry with her for being so late.

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One woman wiped her eyes with a small square of lace and passed Missus Sommers her box of candy.

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One woman covers her eyes with her hands, the other covers her ears and the third woman covers her mouth.

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Blinded by a meaningless imperfection and an impossible goal, Aylmer had thrown away her life and with it his chance for happiness.

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One of the Russians,Anna Chapman, captured attention with her looks and stories of her New York party life.

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Playing! The Lady in Black looked at them with serious eyes, and her mouth hardened at the corners.

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shouted a happy voice. And with a little sobbing cry Bobby's mother opened her arms to her son.

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He covered her gently with the blankets and walked quietly out of her room on his toes.

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Then he would sense her heartbreaking wish that the cable car would never stop anywhere, but go on and on with her forever.

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