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A day in the life and a home a home of a child in an informal settlement

I wake up really early at four in the morning. My bed is as small up to my yips and I realised that I was surrounded by water.There was a big storm last night. I woke up soaking wet. I wish we had a proper house that did,not leak. I get ready to go to school with my wet clothes cause that is the only pair I have. I wish I had more clothes because my clothes have holes in them and they Are very old. I wait at the bus stop to get to school.  Sometimes I get bullied when I walk to go to the bus stop. I don't like it when that happens because I get hurt and my mom doesn't have the money to buy medicine. When I get to school we sit in our chairs but we have to Share chairs because there are 60 children in my class. Their are not enough of textbooks so we have to share. It would be better if they had more textbooks because then we can learn more. I eat at school because we don't have enough money to buy food at home. We share bathrooms with our neighbors. We can get sic...

The Singing Inspector

I was waiting in the class room for our singing inspecter, Raymond, witch we call him Mr R. He wears big knickerbockers,or I would say huge. He has very big stockings. His face is red and shaped like a circle and very funny eyes. Like goosberrys and golden curls on his round red  head. Everyone says that he is the most hateful lest man they know and I say say that too in a very unpleasant way.this is what he did to me and other children who could not sing. Benny and Charles were first, they stood  in front and sang but they did not even now a single, song.  He only song they new was petty poly so they sang,Mr R shouted. He said we were such a waste of time  and it was my tern next.  I was really nervous and scared.  what he would to me,he called Gladys and I up, I tried to hide, but he caught me and  I was frightened Gladys was shaking next to me. I could not sing even Gladys could not, Mr R said get these paralised mutes out. I had the w...