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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.

Annie

     Annie is my best friend  She lives right across the street from 

me. She is a very nice friend to me. She listens to my problems 

and I listen to her problems. She is in the 9th grade. She makes 

average grade in school. She is a very kind person. She has a lot

of friend and I am one of them. She has two brothers. Their 

names are Bobby and Tommy. They are younger than her. She 

is 14 years old. Bobby is 8 years old. Tommy is 7 months old. 

Her parents are divorced. Her dad remarried to another woman. 

I don't know if her mom remarried because I only know her 

dad and step mom. Their names are Alfred and Andrea  Bobby 

is in the 3rd grade. Annie is my very best friend She has been 

since I moved here, South Ford, in 1984. She was in the 7th 

grade when I moved here. I was in the 5th grade when I moved. 

She and my sister are good friends too. They have a lot of fun 

when they are together. My sister is in the 10th grade. When we

moved here she was in the 8th grade. Annie's grandparents live 

right next door to Annie and her family. They are her dad's

mom and dad. Annie use to have 2 dogs but now she has 1 

because the other dog died. She use to have a lot of rabbits too 

but they gave them away, and they use to have a lot of chickens 

too but they gave them away also. But when one dog died they 

got another one. Her grandparents had a dog too but it died also. 

Annie has cats too. I think she has a least 5 cats. I think of 

Annie as a sister to me also.