How to Describe Yourself

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         HowDescribe Yourself

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           All about me
    I'm twelve years old. I'm largemy agehave big feet whicham self-conscious about.look like both my mummy dad butdifferent ways.have fair hairblue eyes like my dad, andmouth an'd expression like my mum. My noselike my mother'sdefinitely nothing like my father's ( 'thank oodness').am very like my mumtemperament, thoughdon't have her very hot temper.

    I'm rathertomboy but I'm not violent.hate fightingarguments.hate being laughed atsome teasing hurts me more thanshow.tendsulk whenam annoyed andtendbebit oversensitive. Friendshipimportantme with peopleall ages. My homevery importantme andwould hatebe senta boarding school. Onwhole I'mfairly tidy persorl.

   am quite creative with my hands.like making models , pendantscandles as well as other things.like actingmusic,playFrench horncan playtrumpet.am notvery keen reader becauselikebe outside mostthe time.ride my bikelothave been youth hosteling with it. My father lives abroad andenjoy travellingsee him.enjoy my food (especially my French grandmother as shean excellent cook! ) andhavesweet tooth buthatedentist.don't like my hair being brushed by someone else andhatelong.
    Finally,one thingreally find boringhomework aswould far rather be outside or make something.

          
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             My thoughts

   sometimes wonder what my mindlike inside, oftenfancy that itlike this.feel as if my mind goes roundround likeearthif my lessons make me think hardbeginsspin. In my other classwas getting all stodgystilllumpyrusty.feel as if therea ballmy minditdivided into pieces -each piece stands fordifferent mood.

The ball turns every nowthenthat's what makes me change moods.have my learning mood, my goodlooks mood, my happy mood, my loose-end moodmy grumpy mood, my miserable mood, my thoughtful moodmy planning mood. Atmomentam writing thisammy thoughtful mood.Whenammy thoughtful moodthink out my mathsplan storiespoems. When my kittenin her thoughtful mood she thinks shallpounce or not,shallgosleep or not. This sortthing goes onmy own mind, too. Itvery hardmeput my thoughts into words.

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    He'ssortchap who lovesmake entrancesexits. He'll arrive ten minutes before everybody elsehe'll leave ten minutes before everybody else. He'll come dashingwithbunchflowers, screaming hellos. He likesbe noticed. He loves telling jokes. He'swell-informed chapkeeps update with allcurrent affairs. He likestalkgiveviewlife .

 He's very successful. When he sets himselfgoal, he works hardattain that andachieve it. He knows what he wantshe'll set outget it. Asresult, he's successful. When you're talkingRoger, sometimes you're left way, way behind. His mindwhizzing over so fast that you're talking about something,he's off attangent,talking about something completely different. He can't sit down. He's not. He can't relax. He's always jumping updoing thingsfindshardconcentrate at times.

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    She gazes at.herselfwonder. Vanished are her healthy pink cheeks, her slightly red winter nose, her mole, her little frecklesblemishes; shesmooth, new made. She dabslittle powdertop,stands backadmireeffect. Itpleasing, she decides. She wonders whatwill look like by midnight. Will she be transformed imo an uneven, red-faced, patchy, blotchy clown? An ugly sister?

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    When she was twenty-three years old, she met, atChristmas party,young man fromErewash Valley. Morel was then twenty-seven years old. He was well set-up, erect,very smart. He had wavy black hair that shone again, andvigorous black beard that had never been shaved. His cheeks were ruddy, andred, moist mouth was noticeable because he laughed so oftenso heartily.

He had that rare thing,rich, ringing laugh. Gertrude Coppard had watched him, fascinated. He was so fullcolouranimation,voice ran so easily into comic grotesque, he was so readyso pleasant with everybody. Her own father hadrich fundhumour,butwas satiric. This man's was different: soft, non-intellectual, warm,kindgambolling.

    She herself was opposite. She hadcurious, receptive mind which' found much pleasureamusementlisteningother folk. She was cleverleading folktalk. She loved ideas,was considered very intellectual. What she liked mostall was an argumentreligion or philosophy or politics with some educated man. This she did not often enjoy. So she always had people tell her about themselves, finding her pleasure so.

    In her person she was rather smalldelicate, withlarge brow,dropping bunchesbrown silk curls. Her blue eyes were very straight, honest,and searching. She hadbeautiful handsthe Coppards. Her dress was always subdued. She wore dark blue silk, withpeculiar silver chainsilver scallops. This, andheavy broochtwisted gold, was her only ornament. She was still perfectly intact, deeply religious,fullbeautiful candour.

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