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     I have double-spaced the text so that teachers can simply print it out and use it for exercises or for their own analysis. (Names were changed.)

Dale Dawson

      There is a boy I like very much. He's in the tenth grade, 

very intelegent, he has blue eyes and blonde hair. Every time I 

see him he is always smiling. He's got little dimples. No bumps 

on his face Thank God! He's tall he's not fat. I would say that 

he is skinny. He's not skinny like other boys like Sam Willis. He

looks like a stick. Dale is about fiften years old and he works at 

Hardees. Today I'm going to see him there. GOSH! I hope me 

and him do go together, cause I've been waiting for a long time 

to go with him. Dale and I met at a dance that we had here at 

RWJH School. This is the way we met. Every time I passed 

Dale and his friend Bill they would be looking at me. I got tired 

of it and asked both of them what were they looking at. All they 

did was laugh. I felt like hitting both of them, But I didn't Now 

you see how we met. A wierd way uh! Now me and Bill are 

like birds. and I flipped or flip out every time I see Dale. Dale is 

a total hunk. Believe me he is. The other night I asked him to 

go out with me. He hasn't told me his answer. Yet! Hopefully 

he says yes. Well that's the end of my story.