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    We didn't always live on Mango Street. We moved a lot. The house on Mango Street is ours, and we don't have to pay and worry about the landlord being . But even so, it's not the house we thought we'd get.

    We had to leave the flat on Loomis quick because the water broke and so on. We had to use the   next door and carried water over. That's why we moved into the house on Mango Street, far away, on the other  of the town.

    My parents always told us that one day we would   into our own house. We would have a basement, at least three washrooms, a big yard and grass growing without a . But the real house on Mango Street is and red with  steps in front. Out back is a small  for the car we don't own yet.