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English assignment#3

Mary's stealing persisted. I decided not to talk to my mother about it because it hadn't gotten out of hand yet. Mary would only take twenty to fifty cents about once a week. For some reason, after watching my sister continuously take money, I decided I might as well give it a try.

Soon my craving for money was going wild. I started to take larger bills sometimes even 5-dollar bills, if my mom had them on her. I had no reason to take money or to even spend it, but for some reason it was just one of those things that was nice to have in your possession. Soon I started to buy large things like: TV's VCRs even radios. At one point I had over 5 TV's in my room.

I finally realized that taking money was no longer just for fun. It had grown into an addiction. An addiction that was as bad as any other like gambling or smoking. I knew I needed help The first idea into my head was to talk to my mother.

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