Personal Narrative: One Day At A Database Store

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One day me and my grandmother where at a bookstore shopping for a friends birthday.
I saw three new Warriors books that had just come out and I had wanted to read for the longest time, I was 8 at the time so I didn’t have a lot of money. I asked my grandma about ways to earn money, she said I could do chores or help out with the upcoming garage sale. I thought it was a wonderful idea and me and my dad agreed that anything I sold I got to keep the money for. So I got a pile of old toys and clothing and put them neatly in boxes. I made twenty five dollars from the garage sale but that still wasn’t enough so I thought, “well I have a loose tooth.” and I pulled my loose tooth and that got me to thirty dollars I only needed three more. I thought

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