Stone Soup

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Learning In-Person

Avery Lin, 8
Middleton, WI

I miss learning at school more than all the stars in the sky.

I miss learning at school so much more than all the things I’ve seen with my own eyes.

This is not fun no it is not, but we are still together not to tell a lie.

I love school and going to it, but this makes school hard it makes me sigh.

“Hello” and “good mornings” are easy to say,

but saying goodbyes are not simple to say.

I miss playing with friends and reading away,

the library books, making projects, saying what you want to say.