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Our Friends' Farm

Our family spent a few weeks in America visiting friends and relatives last month. We went to many different places and saw a lot of people. Some of them were uncles, aunts, and cousins I had never met. I had a great time. Unlike us, they all live in houses. That's because we live in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is very crowded and most people live in tall buildings. Most of the people in America have a yard - that's what they call the grass lawn in front of their houses. I think Buster would love to run around on the grass.

We visited someone with a big yard. They live on a farm and even have horses. They have them because they are taking care of animals that were treated badly by other people. They also have a goat. But the goat is not very nice. It wants to hit people with its horns. I think they need a dog like Buster to protect the people from the goat.