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The small narrative in short stories
In our large family, everyone is somewhat similar to each other. For example, my mother is like my grandmother in figure and my grandfather in sense of humor. Dad has a voice like his father, my other grandfather. I have my mother’s eyes and ears, and I laugh and scratch my head like my father… But each of us has something special, as my grandfather says, the personal features, which manifests itself not in appearance, but in behavior, in a special approach to doing something. Sometimes I noticed that mom and dad were doing the same thing differently, but I didn’t pay any attention to it. One day my grandmother told my parents: “Yes, your approach to many things, your methods of solving problems is different, but the result is simply amazing.” I don’t know if she was talking about repairs or our upbringing or something, but from that moment I decided to observe the different approaches of my relatives, and this is what I got.
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“You can take a walk in the morning, while I’m at the store with aunt Sveta, and after lunch we’ll quickly do everything,” said my mother sternly.
By the evening of the next day, two new strips of “old” wallpaper were on the wall. My mother promised to bake us a pie for our friendly help next Saturday. Of course, if there are no unexpected sales.
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