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He needed more time and he was not comfortable yet.

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Malcolm didn’t want to tell Laura that he was blind because he thought he would stop being friends with him.

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Because he was afraid that Laura may not want to be his friend.

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Because he was afraid of Laura being mean to him.

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Her mom got a letter at first for her to read and Laura also wanted a letter for her to read.

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They ended out in private writing.

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They both had to struggle with something.

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Because like pen pals are supposed to be private,

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Friendly because they send letters and trust each other to write to each other.

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At first they both struggled with writing letters in Braille.

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They both we’re afraid to speak about there problems.

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Yes

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The theme of the story is friendship because even tho Malcolm was blind still wrote letters to each other and kept their friendship.

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It was mentioned in the beginning of the story. And because the were writing privately.

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Friendship because Laura could’ve been mean to malcom but she wasn’t.

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Yes

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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They were both afraid to talk about their problems.

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Determination, because in the story Laura was determined to learn how to write in Braille.

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Yes

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Yes