I Am Thankful

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We Are Thankful We’re all thankful for something, I am thankful for things because I am happy for a lot of things like friends family parents. Some people don’t have the things that I have or the same education some people didn’t even go to school but I am very thankful for what I have such as a house, education, technology, food and family. I’m thankful for three things. One of the things I’m thankful for is my brother, second is my friends, and third i’m thankful for my parents. My brother is there when I need help or when i’m hungry, he would get my food , and I am thankful for that because sometimes I am really hungry and there's nothing to eat. Then he usually would get food for both me and him. Sometimes he helps me

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