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Tonight our story takes place in the medieval times, also called the Middle Ages.

This was the time of kings and castles and knights and battles over kingdoms.

It was also a time where many people had very little to eat and had to work very hard.

In the country of France one of these poor families had a daughter named Joan.

Joan worked every day to take care of the animals on the farm and so and do other things to help

the family survive. Young Joan was also very kind and always thinking about others.

When others were sick she would visit them and bring them food to help them feel better.

She was unselfish. Being unselfish is when you think more about others than yourself.

At this time there was a war going on between Joan's country of France and another country

England who controlled parts of France. From a young age Joan began to feel that she was called

to help the people of France be free again. She began to tell her family and other people in her

village about her strong beliefs. Soon other villages heard what Joan was saying about freedom

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