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The Kindness Of their Heart by: Natalie Bachrach

Once in the 1st grade my whole family donated food around Thanksgiving to people who were less fortunate than us. We placed little baskets on families doorsteps. I asked my dad if we should put our names on the baskets so they could thank us later, but he shook his head and said we don't need to be rewarded for doing a good deed. Anne Frank once said, “How wonderful is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” I think that this quote means that people should try to make an effort to change the world and make it a better place. For a class book report I read about a family who took a mother and a daughter during the holocaust. This book was called Behind the Bedroom Wall. The book Behind The Bedroom Wall relates back to Anne Franks quote because if a german family risked their lives to help out a jewish mother and daughter during the holocaust is a amazing thing. The mother and daughter were hiding behind Korina's bedroom wall hence the title, after people in town started to get suspicious the mother and daughter escaped. The Rehme family decided it was best if they left Germany and went to America to be safe. I think this is a perfect example of being a good citizen and not thinking twice about doing a good deed for making this Earth a better place.

Anne Franks quote reminds me a lot of a book called Holes. This is because stanley helps out a friend, Zero, by teaching him how to read after the warden told stanley has to dig his own holes. Since Stanley thought of Zero as his best friend in the camp he helped Zero without expecting anything out of it. To me Stanley sounds like a good friend and a good person. At the end of the movie Stanley and Zero split the fortune and they fined Zero’s mother.

Last month I was at a pet adoption and my dad and I saw the puppy of our dreams who was the cutest thing ever. The Owner said that she was the runt of the litter and that she was like a pound when she was born. My dad and I instantly fell in love with her and we knew we had to have her. Needless to say we named her peanut and I haven't been more tired or happy in my entire life. In my opinion I think that animals are just like people and we should really take care of puppies and animals in need of a home.

Since I have heard this quote from Anne Frank I think that I have changed as person/citizen. The next time you see someone bullying a friend, say something. The next time you see a random person throwing trash from the side of the road, do something. Anne Frank was a intelligent ,smart ,young girl who suffered from many travesty and events I think that if billions of people are going to try to live on this Earth for million of years we better do something, for our planet and our environment.

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