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CaptureKofifor Kofi


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I'm going home soon. Uncle said that if I went with his friends that they would take me to visit a special, surprise place and that I could come back soon. I asked if my friend Kobbi could come but he said no. He looked funny when he said it and my mother and sister were screaming and crying. He pushed them inside the house and told them to stop it. I got frightened but he said that there was nothing to worry about and that I had to wear a special necklace so that I would be like all the other people who were going to this special place. He looked sad.


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Kofi is sent away
Kofi is sent away.
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