Sherihan

My name is Sherihan. I was born in Yemen. Yemen is a good place to live because I have the people that I love. I lived in Yemen for 10 years. Sanaa is the capital of Yemen. Sanaa is a City, Yemen is a Country. I was a little girl I was hearing bus, dog, and cat. People talking respectfully and laughing at jokes. I was seeing a lot of people in Yemen. People were friendly and making jokes. In Yemen, I was smelling food (chicken) and I was smelling the fresh air. I lived near a market and could smell the food there. My mom made chocolate and vanilla cakes for me, they were delicious. When I was in Yemen I was touching my soft toys and animals. My mom didn’t want me to touch wild cats because it wasn’t clean but I did anyway because it was so cute. I fed it chicken I got sick because I touched the cat. My mom always asked me if I touched the cat and I never told her the truth. We traveled to Vermont. We arrived at Burlington International airport in the night time. I was sleepy and tired but we got to a house in Burlington, Vermont and I have lived in Vermont since 2015. First I lived in Burlington now I live in Winooski both cities are in Vermont. I saw big buildings. I saw a lot of people talking to each other. I saw some people smoking when I came to Vermont. I smelled fresh air.The food tasted different than Yemen. When I came to Vermont I was touching flower and food. I heard my neighbors asking us politely to stop jumping. When we came to Vermont our neighbors can notice when we play around. In Yemen, no one noticed because our house wasn’t connected to other people.

There was a Somali market next to our house. My mom goes to the market and buys some food for us.

I got new clothes. I got an iPad and I was playing a lot of games, like a running game. Finally I went to school to learn. When I go to school I hear people talking in English. Now we live downstairs people can’t tell us to stop jumping.There are still people who smoke near our house. I have been tasting American food. I tasted pizza and yogurt and I didn’t like it. Finally I have a friend in school. I am happy to meet them. I was hearing people tell others to listen to the teacher.

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