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Treasures Of Lemon Brown
Do you have a treasure? In the story “Treasures of Lemon Brown” the man, Lemon Brown, tells about the treasure he has. The story shows that the treasure of one person won’t be as great to another person, but the significance to the owner of the treasure is grand. Throughout this passage, we will be talking about the story “Treasures of Lemon Brown” and the lesson it teaches us. In this story there are two main characters, Lemon Brown and Greg. The author makes Lemon Brown’s character an old, homeless man who used to be a blues musician. And he makes Greg’s character a regular boy who happens to have wandered into an old tenement where Lemon Brown happened to have been staying in. In one part of the story, Lemon Brown talks about his treasure

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