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In the story “The Girl who was Born with only Two Arms and Two Legs”
By “Stuart Baum” the character Quarta learns that it is good to give people a chance. Quarta learns this through being helpful to all even if they our mean,including everyone even if they're different.

One important way that Quarta gives people a chance is by being helpful to all even if they our mean.The first piece of evidence is Quarta saw kako sneak off to watch some animals on the sand. Quarta told her teacher”He stopped by the beach, I,ll go back and get him.Quarta knew exactly what KaKo was doing, he was trapped in a tidepool. Quarta wanted to be helpful so she climbed on the rock to save him. With two arms and two legs she managed to pull KaKo to safety over the rock. This is important because KaKo was always mean to Quarta but she didn’t let that get to her and still was helpful,
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Quarta called the game one ball and brought it to her school.Quarta need to find a way to have everyone join so she asked some people that weren't very good at sports just like her to create an unstoppable team

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