Great Grandpa Research Paper

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Sitting in a car going very fast down a dirt road with an invisible guy driving. My great-great-great-great grandpa (who is dead) knew all the trails and roads by heart. He showed me where they all led to and all the shortcuts through the woods. My great-great-great-great grandpa was the one who was crazy driver. He inspired me to drive well, do well in school, and listen carefully to directions anyone asks me to do. My great-great-great-great grandpa inspired me to drive well because he died in a car accident. Also, he was the one who taught me to drive. I know what not to do and while driving. He taught me to stop well and sleep while driving. All my friends love to ride with me to go places.

Also, he taught me to do well in school because he was an “A” student and wants all his grandkids to and the great’s to do well in school. He did all the toughest classes he could for his grade level. Then he graduated two years early because he skipped two grades. My great-great-great-great grandpa loved every subject he chose and even the ones he didn’t choose. He was a “teacher’s pet.”
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He wanted the best for everyone in his grade, so he was their role model. I loved my great-great-great-great grandpa for his direction, listening, ears and brain combination. He always taught me the best of directions listening brain once he got older. He was also my inspiration because he taught Laura and Mary Ingalls. I listened carefully to everything he told me and even tried some of the things for myself that Laura and Mary did in their

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