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"You don't feel eleven"

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Of course it's yours," Mrs. Price says. "I remember you wearing it once." Because she's older and the teacher, she's right and I'm not.

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"I don't know why but all of a sudden I'm feeling sick inside, like the part of me that's three wants to come out of my eyes, only I squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard and try to remember today I am eleven, eleven."

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"I'm eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one."

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“I'm eleven today. I'm eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven”

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“I'm eleven today. I'm eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven”

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Today I wish I was one hundred and two instead of eleven because if I was one hundred and two I'd have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk.

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“You don't feel eleven. Not right away. It takes a few days, weeks even, sometimes even months before you say Eleven when they ask you.”

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Only today I wish I didn't have only eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box

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Although you were eleven, inside you, you can feel younger

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everybody will sing Happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it's too late.

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“Like some days you might say something stupid, and that's the part of you that's still ten. Or maybe some days you might need to sit on your mama's lap because you're scared, and that's the part of you that's five. And maybe one day when you're all grown up maybe you will need to cry like if you're three, and that's okay.”

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“What they don’t understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you are eleven,you’re also ten,and nine,and eight,and seven,and six,and five,and four,and three,and two and one”.

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Im eleven,ten,nine,eight,seven,six,five,four,three,two and one.

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" I'm feeling sick inside, like the part of me that's three wants to come out of my eyes, only I squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard and try to remember today I am eleven.

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“And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don't. You open your eyes and everything's just like yesterday, only it's today”