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Mark Twain, who wrote the story we’re going to read, traveled
quite a lot often because circumstamces, usually {{U}} (36) {{/U}}
circumstances, forced him to. He was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and moved
to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 years old. Most people
think he was born in Hannibal but that isn’t true. After his father died when he
was about 12, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left, so he could
{{U}} (37) {{/U}} more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on
{{U}} (38) {{/U}} newspapers and then got a job as a river {{U}} (39)
{{/U}} on the Mississippi. Twain loved this job and many of his books show
it. The river job didn’t last, however, because of the {{U}} (40) {{/U}}
of the Civil War. Twain, was in the {{U}} (41) {{/U}} Army for just 2
weeks and then he and his whole {{U}} (42) {{/U}} went west to get away
from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain {{U}} (43)