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Her mother assured Dalisay that it was going to be an exciting adventure
for the three of them and that Dalisay would meet lots of new friends
when she started school in England. Dalisay was not convinced by her
mother’s kind words. She liked her home and she liked going to school
where she knew all of the teachers and had lots of friends already. ‘I don’t
see why we have to move all the way to England,’ thought Dalisay on the
night before the family was due to leave. ‘I do not know anything about
England. I do not even speak very much English and I will be all alone!’

This last realization made the young girl even more sad and she wished
with all of her heart that she could stay in Manila with her Aunty or her
grandparents.

The journey was very long and Dalisay was overwhelmed by the big
aeroplane and all of the people rushing about in the airport.

When the family finally arrived in England, everything seemed strange and
she was sure that everybody was looking at her. The buildings in the town
of Birmingham were big and grey and Dalisay did not feel at home at all.

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