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Hannah stands in the silence.
I guess we better go now, she says.

Okay, I say. Let's try to mend my dishes.

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Olivia Klar

Emerald L.A.

Ed. Austin Shapiro
THANKSGIVING

(Takes place between “BUS” and “LAST DAY”)
Hannah tells me about a tradition

called Thanksgiving where people have big meals
with lots of food, and a big thing called a parade.

The day of thanksgiving, Hannah comes to my apartment.
She drags me outside.

Come on, Kek! We can’t miss the parade! she says.

What's a parade? I ask.
A parade is when a bunch of people gather around the street,

and watch big balloons fly by with a bunch of people holding
them and lots of big carts called floats with streamers,

she says.
What's a balloon? I ask.

A balloon is a big piece of rubber blown up with air,

and they float up in the sky,
Hannah replies.

Just as the parade starts,

everyone around us starts to scream and yell in excitement,
and so does Hannah, so I join in.

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