My Trip To The Americas

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I just reached the great rumored continent of the Americas. I have been longing to reach this destined place since the moment I heard about it. Here in the Americas, my motivation to find the great area was to discover their unique crops. When I visited the Americas, I found various crops of corn. The stalks were long with a luminescent green tint, and towered with yellow figures peeking from the tops. I then continued to venture, stumbling upon crops, or hills of soil, which I soon learned that contained potato crops. The potato crops were short and stout with only the green tops of the plant identifying what lies beneath the Earth. In the duration of my adventure, I continued to discovered to more easily identifiable crops. To my astonishment,

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