Salmaan Said is a second-grade writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a member of 826 MSP’s After-School Writing Lab program.
Dear Future President,
My name is Salmaan. I am seven years old. I live near Lake Street, Minneapolis. I am writing to you to talk about how I feel. Please give me a cat. Please make more schools. Please make more playgrounds, because I like playgrounds. I hope you are nice.
from Salmaan
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