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Cosette: A Little Girl
Could you imagine yourself getting tortured by people you don’t really know. Having to work day and night till your mistress tells you to stop. Having no other cloth ,but rags to wear. Well what if you were to know that there's a girl thats been through all that and more. This Young girl is named Cosette. She was very young when her mother gave her to another family. “I would have wanted to know my mother and her reasons to why she gave me away.” The family that Cosette was given to were known as the Thenardiers. They weren’t the “kindest” family as everyone thought.The mother of Cosette would always send her money ,but she would never get it.”The Thenardiers would get the money,but they would they used it for their daughters . Their daughters would always get the best of clothing” …show more content…
“But that all ended when a mysterious guy was walking with me in the forest.” Cosette was out fetching water when this man appeared. This man helped her carry the water to the Thenardiess.Then theThenardiess told Cosette to get back to knittting stockings . Then the man bought what she was knitting.“I was so happy because after that man told to play .I haven’t played for while.” Cosette was very happy.She saw Eponine’s doll and went to play with it.The Mistress and the man saw what was happening.The two girls took away the doll.Cosette felt sad again. “I never had a doll before .All I ever played with was a pice of lead.When I looked up I saw that man and he was holding a doll i’ve seen in a shop.” Cosette was very happy and she played with the doll.She named her doll CatherineThis man stayed at the Thenardiers place.The next day the man bought Cosette from them.He told Cosette to put on a black dress he bought for

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