Generally with extract recipes, as long as you added the right amount of ingredients and water then your gravity reading should be right where you need it. The reason for this is because you are using malt extracts were as in an all grain batch you actually have to extract the sugars from the grain. What probably happened was that your wort was not mixed well enough when it was topped off and that is what gave you the low gravity reading. As for your high FG, I would let it sit in the fermenter until it has a consistent gravity reading for at least 3 days. That is what will tell you when the beer is done. Most kits give a timeline for how long it takes but the hydrometer is the only real way to tell.
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