Research Paper On Amarillo Lestoat

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In 1776, Amarillo Lestoat was born to a powerful magical family in America. His parents were rarely around and spent most of his time with nannies, none of whom stayed very long. He was a rather rambunctious child. He was very energetic, constantly on the move, and nobody could keep up with him. The only thing that kept him quiet was reading him a story. That was his favorite time of day until he learned to write. Although he continued to have lots of energy and loved running around, he learned to settle down when it came time for him to read or write.

It was until he was in the sixth year at school that he began writing seriously. He worked on improving and planned on becoming a published author when he was finished with school. Unfortunately,

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