The Strength of Friendship

A long time ago there were two best friends, Lydia and Rosanna. These two best friends loved growing up in the city of Boston under English rule. Lydia and Rosanna always helped each other with their chores such as shelling corn and carding cotton. Together they attended school and for fun they loved to sew and play games such as jump rope, tennis and scotch-hopper, which is like today’s hopscotch. Nothing could separate these two best friends until………..

Sources:

http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/341/sites/Childhood/Daily%20Life.htm

http://www.pencaderheritage.org/main/teachtool/games.pdf

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A long time ago there were two best friends, Lydia and Rosanna. These two best friends loved growing up in the city of Boston under English rule. Lydia and Rosanna always helped each other with their chores such as shelling corn and carding cotton. Together they attended school and for fun they loved to sew and play games such as jump rope, tennis and scotch-hopper, which is like today's hopscotch. Nothing could separate these two best friends until...........

A long time ago there were two best friends, Lydia and Rosanna. These two best friends loved growing up in the city of Boston under English rule. Lydia and Rosanna always helped each other with their chores such as shelling corn and carding cotton. Together they attended school and for fun they loved to sew and play games such as jump rope, tennis and scotch-hopper, which is like today's hopscotch. Nothing could separate these two best friends until...........

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