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Staurt Baum's The Boy Who Could Turn Into Things
Have you ever read the story “The Boy who could Turn into Things” by:Staurt Baum? If you have, have you noticed that the character Brian, the protagonist, is lonely. If you have not read the story you should know that the character Brian has powers to turn into things. I think Brian is lonely because Brian has no friends and is ignored.

To begin with, the first reason why Brian is lonely is because he has no friends. For example,Brian sits in front of his window on weekends because he has no one to play with therefore, no one sits by Brian when it is lunch time. In the story Brian said that he wants a friend to at least sit by him and play with him outside. Last, when the first grade went on their field trip to the zoo none of the kids
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