Personal Narrative: A Day In The Woods

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A Day In the Woods

I am usually not very excited about doing homework, but today, at least most of it would not be that bad. As soon as we got off the bus at Ally's stop we got the dog, whose name was Izzy and started walking to Garnsey Road Arboretum. We sprinted down to the trail as Izzy was pulling us. As I stepped on the trail, I wondered how long this was going to take. It was a beautiful fall afternoon with a bright blue sky and lots of sunshine. I breathed in the fresh smell of the leaves while birds were chirping above me. Leaves were falling after each gust of wind and I could not believe my eyes. It was warm out and Izzy was as excited as we were. Every step I took was a new adventure.
We started off by turning on music and then

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