Petersen School
Scappoose, OR 97056
Fall, 1998

Dear Mrs. Huffman,

Hello, my name is Daniel Harcourt and I sit on the right side of the class (the short blonde kid).

I am going to be Brett Favre for Halloween but one time I had to be a dork clown and everyone made fun of me because I had a big rainbow colored wig that was weird.

Enough about Halloween, let's talk about Christmas. I can remember back when I was about 5 years old, I got my first bike and when I tried to ride it I would just fall down every time. So my mom got me some training wheels. I would ride around my trailer court, but some of the older kids did not have to use training wheels and they went much faster than me, so I asked my mom to teach me how to ride my bike with no training wheels.

She said to me "All you have to do is try to balance". So, she took me out with my bike and she gave me a little push and I was going! From then on I rode my bike every chance that I got and I became better. Then I started to do different kinds of tricks.

That was that Christmas but this Christmas I think I know what I am going to get, A COMPUTER!!!

Earlier in this year I played football. At first, I didn't really know what was going on, but the more practices I went to, the more I prospered. We played against some pretty hard teams, but we made it to the play offs!

Sincerely,
Daniel

A Pet I Want to Have
Winter, 1999

Hello, my name is Daniel and I want to tell you about a special pet I would like to have. This pet would do almost anything I told it to. I want to tell you some more.

If I could choose any pet in the pet store, I might pick a pet that is trustworthy, a pet that I wouldn't have to pick up after all of the time. Maybe I would pick a cute little bunny rabbit that would hop around the living room. No, I might get myself a slimy snake to hang around my neck.

It is true that I could get a mean, scary pet to protect me and keep robbers away. But, I wouldn't get to have much fun with one of those. I want a pet to play it me, be funny, do tricks, and protect me all at once.

Probably, the best choice for all of those requests would be a dog. A german sheperd to be exact. Yes, if I had a german sheperd I could have loads of fun! We would play catch, I would teach him tricks, I would take care of him with love, and he would protest me from any harm.

Thank you for listening to my thoughts, good bye.

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