A Narrative About Thanksgiving

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It all started that Thanksgiving of 2013. When my Mom, Brother, Sister, Dad, and I went to my nana and papa’s house at a little place called Murphey Court, at Linden Michigan. When my family and I got there, I saw my “Extended” family, My gg (Great Grandma), Conner, James, Aunt Sue, and my Uncle Steve. While my cousins and I were outside my nana was making the cake while my papa, dad, and mum were playing a game called dig dug. (dig dug was a very old game that was put into a console called a commodore 64) While my nana was making the cake she yelled upstairs “No one come down here I don't want any interruptions or intrusions!” That was the time my cousins and I decided that we would come inside, (Obviously that was a mistake because

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