MY NEW NEIGHBOR Olivia Cummings th
4 Grade • Saint Clement School
I just woke up on a Saturday morning and I am exhausted. I spent all night unpacking boxes. My new house is great, but I already miss my friends. I couldn’t even hug them goodbye thanks to this stupid pandemic. I know I am going to make new friends, and my mom says my neighbor’s name is Sienna and she is my age. I am sooo excited to see her from a distance, but the six foot tall fence separating our houses isn't doing me any favors. In between our houses are the driveways and between our driveways is the fence that goes all the way to the street, so, obviously, neither of us can see over or through it. I can talk with Sienna if we both yell from our sides of the fence, but the neighbors already don’t like that, and we want to see each other. I did meet her from six feet away, but that was the day I moved in and I only saw her for three seconds. It won't be the same if we don't see each other, so we are going to come up with ideas. Happily Sienna is very creative and loves STEM class, just like me.
Day 2 (Science) The next morning, I finish breakfast quickly and run out to the fence, where I yell to see if Sienna is there. From the window, my dad yells at me to stop yelling. I hear, “Olivia? Are you there?” from the other side.
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