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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.

      My family has seven people in it. First my dad then my 

mom then my oldest sister Cyndee and then me and Crystal,

Tara, and Amanda they're my youngest sisters.  My dad is 30

years old and is a chef.  My mom is 28 and doesn't work.

My oldest sister is 12 she's in 7th grade she's a brat.  I'm 9 

and I'm in the 4th grade.  My young sister is 7 and in 2nd grade.

My other young sister is 2.  And the other is 3 months old.

Eddie, my dad, Tara, Mom Crystal, and amanda have brown 

hair.  Me and Cyndee have blond hair.  My, Cyndee, Crystal,

and mom have brown eyes.  Eddi, Tara, and Amanda have blue

eyes.  I live in a brick hous on fox Dr. There are three rooms

living room, kitchen, and bathroom. There are four bedrooms.

I share a bedroom with my sister Cyndee. I have a basement

with a workshop laundry room and famly room.  I have a back

yard with a hammock and clothes line and an ugly evergreen

bush.  And in my front yard I have some flowers and bushes.

My house has 13 windows and 3 doors. Only one bathroom

and that's bad! The worst day in my life was when I was

tired and we had to walk all day at the zoo.  We saw the 

Monkeys, Zebras, prarie dogs, lions, tigers, reptiles, birds, and 

seals.  Then we ate pizza and I saw a elephant, giraffe. I was

eight and I didn't like going to the zoo. and I got to see the 

baby hippos and I don't like im.  We also got to ride the metro 

and it really went fast. It made a stop every 12 secounds and 

more and more and more and more people got on and I kept on 

falling down, Because I had to stand because there was too 

many people on the metro.