Who Is Lemon Brown A Hero

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Have you ever thought of honoring anyone? Well lemon brown is one of those people who should be honored as a hero. He is only one of the many few heroes to be praised if you read the story “The treasure of Lemon Brown”. What every man or women have in their possession is a treasure that they have a favor on. When you think about Lemon brown, he has some difficulties with his life after a tragedy that changed his whole life. Since this shows that Lemon brown is a true person, it should make many people think of a similar happening in their life

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