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Last month my grandmother asked me if I could help her to clean out her attic.
I was happy that she asked me.
My grandmother says that her attic is full of junk.
I think that her attic is full of treasures.
I helped her to dust and vacuum the attic.
I pulled and pushed around boxes and crates.
I helped her to wash the floors and walls.
My favorite thing that I did was to sort through the old trunk that she had up there.
The trunk had a rusty latch on it.
It was a bit difficult to open, but my grandmother got a knife and pried the latch open.
The trunk was full of all kinds of things.
There were lots of clothes.
Some of the clothes had been my grandmother’s.
There was a blue velvet dress that she had worn to a dance when she and my grandfather were dating.
It was a beautiful dress, but there were a few moth holes in it.
There were some of my mother’s old clothes.
There was a pair of bell-bottom slacks that had bright flowers on it.
I couldn’t believe that my mother had ever worn something like that.
There were some of my mother’s old report cards.
Some of her marks weren’t very good.
I had fun reading the report cards.
There were photographs.
There was a picture of my grandparents holding my mother when she was a baby.
There was an old baseball glove that one of my uncles had owned.
There was even one of my old dolls in there.
One of her legs was missing.
My grandmother said that I was rough with my dolls when I was little.
I should have taken better care of my toys.
There was even some old jewellery.
I tried on some of the old clothes and jewellery.
I told my grandmother that I liked looking through old things.
My grandmother told me to keep whatever I wanted.
She said that it was all junk.
I still say that the trunk was full of treasures.
Bulan lalu nenek saya bertanya apakah saya bisa membantunya membersihkan lotengnya. Saya senang dia bertanya kepada saya. Nenek saya mengatakan bahwa lotengnya penuh dengan barang rongsokan. Saya pikir lotengnya penuh dengan harta karun. Saya membantunya membersihkan debu dan menyedot debu loteng. Saya menarik dan mendorong kotak dan peti. Saya membantunya mencuci lantai dan dinding. Hal favorit saya yang saya lakukan adalah memilah-milah peti tua yang dia miliki di sana. Peti itu memiliki kait berkarat. Agak sulit untuk membukanya, tetapi nenek saya mengambil pisau dan membuka kaitnya. Peti itu penuh dengan segala macam barang. Ada banyak pakaian. Beberapa pakaian adalah milik nenek saya. Ada gaun beludru biru yang dia kenakan untuk berdansa ketika dia dan kakek saya berkencan. Itu adalah gaun yang indah, tetapi ada beberapa lubang ngengat di dalamnya. Ada beberapa pakaian lama ibu saya. Ada celana cutbray yang memiliki bunga-bunga cerah di atasnya. Saya tidak percaya bahwa ibu saya pernah mengenakan sesuatu seperti itu. Ada beberapa rapor lama ibu saya. Beberapa nilainya tidak terlalu bagus. Saya senang membaca rapornya. Ada foto-foto. Ada foto kakek nenek saya menggendong ibu saya ketika dia masih bayi. Ada sarung tangan bisbol tua yang dimiliki salah satu paman saya. Bahkan ada salah satu boneka lama saya di sana. Salah satu kakinya hilang. Nenek saya mengatakan bahwa saya kasar dengan boneka saya ketika saya masih kecil. Seharusnya saya lebih menjaga mainan saya. Bahkan ada beberapa perhiasan tua. Saya mencoba beberapa pakaian dan perhiasan tua. Saya memberi tahu nenek saya bahwa saya suka melihat-lihat barang-barang lama. Nenek saya menyuruh saya untuk menyimpan apa pun yang saya inginkan. Dia mengatakan bahwa itu semua sampah. Saya masih mengatakan bahwa peti itu penuh dengan harta karun.