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Imagine your first snow day was going sledding all day with your friends, but in the story ‘stray’ Doris only shovel her driveway and step way. Try to be in her shoes for a day.The story ‘’stray’’ is about a young girl named Doris and how her family is poor and diris is working hard to help her parents.Like doris and her family kids in poverty act like they try not to show their feelings or emotions and kids will try to work extra to help and might have family problems. In the story “stray” by cynthia rylant writes to show the kids in poverty act strong.
For starters kids on poverty act strong because they don’t show their emotions and feelings. Imagine you are in doris shoes story strays it is about a girl named doris who tries to convince

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