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Submitted to Contest #299
I dreaded going outside my apartment. I was embarrassed by the clothes I wore, which always included hand-me-downs from one of my two brothers. My brothers were much bigger than I was, and so were their clothes. Giant sweaters, jeans, and Mom would cut the necks out of old turtlenecks for us to stick in our sweaters. The class I was in at school had a lot of rich kids in it, but it seemed like even the poor kids dressed better than me.Christmas was the one time we’d get new stuff to wear. One Christmas, I was surprised with a bicycle. The fi...
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