input: from typing import List
  
  
  def display_fibonacci_sequence(n: int) -> List[int]:
      """Generate and return the Fibonacci sequence of the first n numbers.
      >>> display_fibonacci_sequence(5)
      [0, 1, 1, 2, 3]
      >>> display_fibonacci_sequence(8)
      [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13]
      """
      if n <= 0:
          return []
      if n == 1:
          return [0]
      if n == 2:
          return [0, 1]
      sequence = [0, 1]
      for i in range(2, n):
          sequence.append(sequence[-1] + sequence[-2])
      return sequence
output:     if n <= 0:
          return []
      if n == 1:
          return [0]
      if n == 2:
          return [0, 1]
      sequence = [0, 1]
      for i in range(2, n):
          sequence.append(sequence[-1] + sequence[-2])
      return sequence