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Bery Mush

My mom found this "story" I wrote in first or second grade. The beginning of my fiction career. I'm not sure what the boy's mistake was, but according to the accompanying illustration, it somehow involved a horse as well as the man with the stik.

Frank P.

The Boy Makes a Mistake

A boy was in a conoe with some men, but their was a leak in the boat and it sank. One of the men was his father but the other one was a man who hated the boy and the only reason he did not make a slave out of him was because of his father, but now his farther was dead it was for a different reason, the reason was thay were on an island and the boy was the only one who could find food and water.

On the mossy beach a man stood tierd and hungry. His name was Clarece Doroon. He was waching a boy eating sea moss and bery mush by the fire.

"What are you doing, son?" he cald.

"Eating," was all he could say.

Suddenly he made for the rocks, sand flew in his eye as he made his way up. The man took his stik and went after him.

"I'll get you for this," he cried.