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           My brother, Rizal, and I made the garden benches when my father cut down the old mango tree behind our house three weeks ago. We saw a big piece of wood. Then we had an idea. We told Dad we wanted to make garden benches. He agreed and he would help us. Then, he sawed the trunk into three pieces. 25 cm in diameter, and 25 cm in height. After that Rizal and I rubbed them with sandpaper to make them smooth. After that we dried them in the sun for one week. When they were dry, we painted them, one green, one red, and one blue. Finally, we dried them in the sun again for three days. (Adapted from When English Rings a Bell: Students’ book, 2014, p. 188)