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This narrative is written in the first person - using ‘I’. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘Helen Keller/Young Helen’ appropriately in place of ‘I’ and making other necessary changes in the sentence.
I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.
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Solution
Young Helen did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for her.
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