Personal Narrative: Have You Ever Seen A National Gymnast

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Have you ever seen a national gymnast? I went to Orlando Florida for nationals in gymnastics it took 25 hours.

It took forever but at least I had my friend Tamara so I was not that bored. But it was fun we went through Kansas,Alabama,Tennessee,Georgia,and of course Florida they were all cool.

So as you know I went to nationals in Orlando Florida it was ok, I got 9th bars and 10th all around out of the nation that's good I think! There was a lot of people. And on the beam I paused for about one minute because it was my first event and I have never seen that many people watching me and I forgot my routine.

I also went to Disney World and my family had a V.I.P pass that means (very important person) and I saw

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