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It was an aggressive and restless night. We were huddled up next to the family cow, it was dying .We used to have 9 cows, but some kind of decease of the brain killed most of them he was the last one. My brother Herman ate one of the cows once it died, he later died now its just me, Jagger,and parents. We are going to America as soon as the last cow gets sold its exploiting somebody but it must be done. I put my face in the cow and pet her and say “Ich liebe dich Kuh “ she let out a faint cry, then went to bed, I had a dream about America theirs a blond man he has a comb over he says he's gonna trump the competition he wants to build a wall to block all my family I wake up screaming I wake up with Jagger staring at me “Zeit zu gehen.“ he said „In Ordnung“ I said and so it was we
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We got on a truck to go „Es wird besser sein, ihren. „ said dad I sure hope so.“Was, die Sie hatten träumen“Jagger said „nur ein Alptraum“ I reply. When we reached the bout I was shocked it was so big. We walked up to the station, bought a ticket and got on the barge we were in 43rd class pretty with much horrible living conditions we were fed grain that tasted like the cow that made my Hintern turn into a water gun. I barely slept, Jagger screams in his sleep, but I don't blame him its a scary houseboat ''Nicht die Bombe!“ he screams in his sleep. All he has to wake up to is Hannah our bunk bed neighbor's cat.I killed it while everyone went to help Jagger. It tasted like the chicken at the Chinese place in town only better and cheaper. After 2 weeks of traveling in the ship I this huge green statue of a woman holding a big torch. The butt stops by a port and the 1st and 2nd class people get of and the captain off the ship said we were

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