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Read the introduction to Griffin’s personal narrative, “Saving Up.” When I was fifteen, I asked my mom if I could go visit my cousin, who lived across the country. “If you can ______ up enough babysitting money to pay for half of the plane ticket, I will let you go,” she replied. I ______ thrilled!

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When I was fifteen, I asked my mom if I could go visit my cousin, who lived across the country. “If you can save up enough babysitting money to pay for half of the plane ticket, I will let you go,” she replied. I was thrilled!

Step-by-step explanation:

To fill in the blanks in the phrase put in the question, I looked for words that would maintain a coherence and cohesion in the text and make sense to anyone who would read. So, the words that fit best were "save" and "was".

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