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the words they use to sound more like a child

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"I know instantly from the sssssssssss and the horrific stench"
"because every drop of water in me is shooting out like I’m trying to arc it across the Grand Canyon"

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"i never gotten introuble before"
"so if my dad ever warmed my 🤬
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they all used different phrases but its like they all thought back to what they would say if they were still that age, but with better grammar.

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The stories show how innocent a child can be at such a young age

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How they tell the story and specific words and phrases they use.

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I think it is how he word it

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They put in childish words or phrases to make it sound like a kid wrote it

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i tink its funny becuse im sure this happens to other kids with siblings

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6

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they use very descriptive or random phrases to explain something very simple or they add child-like ignorance to the grammar

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"If I go inside to pee, I stand to lose my exalted spot atop the yellow broomstick that is Roy’s mighty palomino..."

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I feel like the author has to be in the mind of a child in a sense. I also think that the author has to go back to that setting in order to relive the experience to fully tell the story.

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" I know instantly from the sssssssssss and the horrific stench

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"He points to the four-by-five heat-register grate in the middle of the living-room floor."

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I thought i could relate to the story because i have an older brother and for two year he bossed me around and always said something like you wanna do something fun...

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I thought i could relate to the story because i have an older brother and for two year he bossed me around and always said something like you wanna do something fun...

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"help him pound those last few nails into my coffin..."

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she was some how afraid to her dad

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"I promise i wont tell"

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“huh-uh,” I say. “You’ll tell.”

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"When the last drop sizzles off the top of the hot oil furnace, I stand, gazing dazed through the yellow mist"
"I have to pee so bad I’m about to turn into a hurled water balloon"

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I know instantly from the sssssssssss and the horrific stench that I better not be making plans to play Roy Rogers again soon.

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the fact that he will believe anything his brother tells him or "This is a job for a bawl baby"

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"...Every drop of water in me is shooting out like I'm trying to arc it across the Grand Canyon."
"...Candy's tiny nostrils and sets her off like a siren."

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"I have to pee so bad..."
"I'm playing cowboys outside..."

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I thought it was very bold and just nasty. As soon as the peeing part came up I was just thinking about what my mom would do if I had ever done that and chances are I wouldn't be here today to tell you.

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I best be rehearsing my role as a jail bird, because it is going to be a long time before I leave my room.

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My brother calmly closes all the windows.
“You better open those windows.”

“And let the whole neighborhood smell it? Then you’d really be in trouble.”

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"I know instantly from the sssssssssss and the horrific stench"
"My brother calmly closes all the windows"

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I think it was funny because little kids believe dumb stuff but mostly everything you tell them

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when I realized that my older brother didn't need to tell. 

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when I realized that my older brother didn't need to tell. 

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“Have you ever done it before?”

“Lots of times,” he says. “And see? I never got in trouble for it.”

“No, sir…

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“Okay, but you promise you won’t tell.”
"if my dad ever warmed my 🤬, it was in response to my doing something neat"

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"I know instantly from the sssssssssss and the horrific stench"

"By now I have to go so bad I’m dizzy, and only my death grip is stopping me from peeing into the wall like a strip miner."

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the whole story is written from the perspective of a child and using the phrase "of course I would, if he made it seem neat" shows how curious and easily influenced the narrator is.

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6 years old

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about 6 years of age

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i thought the brother was outrageously mean to the little brother and the little brother should stick up for himself

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I think its funny older siblings make you dumb stuff and you don't realize it

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I think that it was funny, because little kids believe anything.

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when he was scared to go inside because he would lose his spot in the game.

it shows how gullible children are, and the older kids taking advantage of that.

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“Okay, but you promise you won’t tell.”
“No, sir…”

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I thought it interesting and really shows the nature of how kids think and how easily influenced they are. It was pretty funny.

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Around 6 years old

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I think the story is gross and funny

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6 years old

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8

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using language (words/phrases) that a kid would use

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I thought it was interesting and funny because little boys do tend to listen to whatever their older brothers say as long as it interests them

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6

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6yrs

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I think its kind of sad how his brother manipulates him.

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I thought the story was funny because that is something I can see a child doing and they have no clue what the outcome is going to be.

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6

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6 years old

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8-olivia

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you are really childish and laugh a lot

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''it is a fact that bumblebees have hair on their eyes''

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doesn't mean I am not super duper.

but you absolutely missed when you told the class I have head lice .

so maybe sometime you could sit beside me on the bus
and I could say,

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''some people's fathers are like attics''
''maybe you think my heart looks like a baby squirrel''

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"I'd nightmare a burglar in my safety chest"
"like the clouds might be a pillow fight."

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"‘cause I one hundred percent absolutely do not have head lice"

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"I've heard attics have monsters in their walls and shaky stares."

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My favorite line is line 15 because i think it gives a good message.

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" just ‘cause no one ever passes notes to me doesn't mean I am not super duper."
"my kindness knows mermaids never ever miss their legs in the water ‘cause there are better ways to move through the ocean than kicking. "

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i thought it was very poetic and explanatory while still being cryptid with the lines. my favorite one was "and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record
‘cause I know all of us are scratched, " because they are explaining that every one is broken or "scratched"  on the inside

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"It is a fact that bumblebees have hair on their eyes"
"doesn't mean I am not super duper. in fact, my super duper might be a buoy or a paper boat"

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She says her hearts is broken but also she show and displays how,>I know my heart is a broken freezer chest
‘cause I can never keep anything frozen.

so no, I am not “always crying.”
I am just thawing outside of the lines.

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Lines 17- 19

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She is 8 years old

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sleeping in the alley behind our church
and Jesus turned water into his wine
so even god has his bad days

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"So maybe sometime you could sit beside me on the bus and I could say, "guess what, it is a fact that manatees have vocal chords but do not have ears."'
"Doesn't mean I am not super duper."

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"it is a fact that head lice prefer clean heads over dirty ones
so I am clean as a whistle on a tea pot."
"some peoples fathers are like attics"

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'whole lot of rocking in the rocking chair"
"maybe you think my heart looks like a baby squirrel."

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"Doesn't mean I'm not super duper"
"Maybe there are cartwheels in your mouth"

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"My super duper might be a buoy or a paper boat"

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" every word we speak
can make hurricanes in people's weather veins
or shine their shiny shine"
"my kindness knows mermaids never ever miss their legs in the water
‘cause there are better ways to move through the ocean than kicking."

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Maybe there are cartwheels in your mouth
maybe your words will grow up to be a gymnasts
maybe you have been kicking people with them by acciden

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they are really confident about the moral message of the poem and really dragging their heart out for the reader

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"The next time your nose gets stuck up in the river."
"Every bird perched on a telephone wire will listen to the conversation running through its feet to decide the direction of its flight."

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"so guess what, if I ever have my own team I am picking everyone first even the worst kid and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record ‘cause I know all of us are scratched, even if you can't hear it when we speak." I like this line because its telling us everyone is the same no matter what they look like or how they act and they shouldn't be treated any different.

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"Doesn't mean I'm not super duper"
"So maybe you could sit beside me on the bus"

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"Maybe you think my heart looks like a baby squirrel"
" So I am as clean as a whistle- on a tea pot"

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''my kindness knows mermaids never ever miss their legs in the water cause there are better ways to move threw the ocean than kicking"
i like how this sentence can be seen as something motivational. if something bad happens just remember to keep moving

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My favorite line is "so guess what,
if I ever have my own team
I am picking everyone first" because though it's in a child's voice it's still very mature and thoughtful in my opinion.

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"maybe you think my heart looks like a baby squirrel"
"every thing floats good in the dead sea"

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if I ever have my own team
I am picking everyone first

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8 years old

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if I ever have my own team
I am picking everyone first
even the worst kid
and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record
‘cause I know all of us are scratched,
even if you can't hear it when we speak . i think it is funny

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" It is a fact that head lice perfer clean heads over dirty ones so i am clean as a whistle on a tea pot" Is my favorite line because when she said this the crowd laughed and this showed that one bad thing can mean a completely good thing.

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8 years old

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"Some people's fathers are like attics," because I could see what this meant and I could relate. "but on your bad days couldn't you just say "hey I'm having a bad day,"' since in most cases, bullies have a bad day and try to release their stress by bullying others.

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"Maybe you think my heart looks like a baby squirrel"
"A whole lot of rocking in the rocking chair"

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"so guess what,
if I ever have my own team
I am picking everyone first even the worst kid and the kid with a stutter like a skipping record"
this is telling that everyone shouldn't be left out no matter how they look or act

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"my mom says most people have heartbeats knocking on doors that will never be open"

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8 1/2 years old

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"I want to be a belly dance or an accordion or a pogo stick
or the fingerprints the mason left
in the mortar between the bricks
to prove that he was here"  she talks about how she dreams about being these things.