This is an excerpt from a narrative that I wrote to go with an illustration that I did in September 1991: My name is Eileen Cheong. I am 8 years old. My favorite T.V. show is Darkling Duck, hammerman, Land of the Lost, The Pirates of Dark Water. My family is special because they care about me very much. These are some things I like to do, I like to write and draw and read and watch T.V. These are some things I like about school: writing, and reading and math. If i had three wishes they would be Being an Artist, and Author, having a family, And to have the best year in my whole life. I hope I have 2 kids and they are very good. I want to work as a teacher. I had a house and a car. This I believe, is something I wrote last winter while staying at my mother's house for the holidays: My family a calamity In close proximity We throw knives with our tongues Instead of chanting love songs An eagle approaches Misty Reasons to be ...