Childhood Memories In John Steinbeck's The Owl Cub

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The story starts of that the dad got a job as an electrician, he works early then comes home early and he plays games with his family. As my mother works as a nurse then it reminds me of my childhood when my mom use to play board games with just for fun. Next,the family goes to this restaurant called The Owl Cub as they all enjoy it. Then, mom and dad enrolled their kids in the Mary S. Black Elementary School as . As I remember my mom enrolled me in school when i was little girl as i did make a lot of friends as i was a shy girl too. Now I see that Jeannette was collecting rocks as she called it her Rock Collection as she would decorate some for a grave from the pet that died or dead animals that they found just to give them proper burial.

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