Newcomers by Michael Rosen
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My father came to England from another country. My father’s mother came to England from another country but my father’s father stayed behind. So my dad had no dad here and I never saw him at all. One day in spring some things arrived: a few old papers, a few old photos and – oh yes – a hulky bulky thick checked jacket that belonged to the man I would have called “Grandad”. The Man Who Stayed Behind. But I kept that jacket and I wore it and I wore it and I wore it till it wore right through at the back.
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