by Juan C., age 11
I am a boy who is very honest
I don’t say any lies or do bad stuff
I love my family and friends
I wouldn’t want anything to happen to them
If something happened to them I would be sad
I wish something hadn’t happened to my cousin
He almost died because a car hit him
We went to his house he was ok we took him a stuffed animal. He was so happy he could barely move we had a great time. We actually had a good time together. My friend also got hurt. She broke her hand when she was playing soccer with her little brother. My cousin broke his hand with his bicycle he fell with the bicycle on top of him
Showed me the broken hand the next day I went to see him. I said, what happened to you? I wish this never happened.
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Inspired after reading Versos Sencillos by Jose Martí.