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Let’s Summarize! Somebody Wanted But So Then That is a great way to help us summarize a story. Remember these things! Somebody - The "who" or a character in the story. Wanted - What are they trying to do in the story? But - What is the thing or event that gets in their way or slows them down from getting what they want. So - So what does the main character do about the thing or event getting in their way. Then - How does the story end?