When my two sisters and I were clea

When my two sisters and I were clearing out boxes of childhood detritus, I happened to 1)_____my first piece of creative writing. It was a travel tale with 2) _____188 words written for my teacher in the fall of second grade. Though it was written from the point of view of a(n) 3) _____it expressed my desire to leave the 4) _____of suburban Detroit where I 5) _____at that time. It was not well-written,6) _____as my writing skill was in its 7) _____stages, but what interested me was what 8) _____me to write it. Re-reading my seven-year-old self as an adult, I realized that three 9) _____drove me to do so- a road trip, a movie, and an encouraging teacher. Since then, my sense of wonder had been10) _____, one that later moved me to explore the unknown world.