Me on the Mayflower
My family and I thought we didn’t have enough
freedom, so latter in 1968 we traveled on the Mayflower.
My parents worked really hard to get on the ship. I was
one of the 15 cooks I was 17 years old; my dad was the
first captain on the ship. My mom was a cook; my sister
Faith was the second captain on the ship. We were all kept
busy on the ship my mom and I were cooking all day;
my dad was busy, with directing the crew members. My
dad never had time to argue with my mom.
On the second day, I was making cookies, lots of cookies.
One of Faiths friend kept on eating the cookies. His name
was Brady, he loved cookies. Brady ate a whole role of
cookies dough! I thought he would get a stomach ache. He
gave a cub five cookies. The cub, loved the cookies. Brady
said he ate 1, 00,000,00,0000! I thought he would get
sick. He only said that and he’s only five years old right
now. All most every one aboard, called Brady: ‘The Cookie
Man’. I am not that crazy about cookies, like Faith and
Brady are. Later that evening, my mom thought me how
to make exhalent cookies, that time Brady and Faith did
not get them, my mom and I got the cookies that time
and I’m glad we got them.
Faith and Brady were playing captain of the ship,
running around the ship, screaming. ‘You do this. You
do that!’ I thought they were crazy, really crazy-my
mom said I did that, but not on a real ship before
This girl named: Stephanie. Hates cookies! Crazy, I
thought. It was only me who thought that, every one else
thought it was normal or she was allergic to cookies.
When we got to America, on the 67-day we knew we were
free that very second.
In the crowd of people, we saw our Uncle Alex waving at
us, when I saw Brady he was with his family. I all ways
wondered how his family would get a long here in the
new land we reached.
Our First Winter
After a few months, our first winter entered the gates too
America.
We realized that Brady and his family could not take
this weather we were going to have. I thought they could
come over here, but we had a small house to live in. Could
only Brady and his dad come? Because their relatives
have been in blizzards before.
I want to make Brady one last cookie before I never get to
see him again.
Our door opened, and we saw that Brady and his dad,
could not make yet through the winter. Faith said
‘Yippee!’ I said ‘I’ll make some cookies for us all.’ ‘Hold on
a minute Abby, lets sit down and, well, talk to see what
that want. O.k.’ My dad said. ‘Well then I’ll make some
cookies for us. Is that all right?’ I said real fast like I
didn’t just care. My dad just said. ‘Well, you make some
cookies now if you want some smell in the kitchen’
‘Yeah!’ Brady and Faith aid at the same time. I thought I
would be able to make one last cookie for us. I’m glad we
got to see them again, really happy, Brady and Faith
were really happy to see each other again.
First Day of School
On January, 12, 1620, school started for the whole
community, we enjoyed it a lot, but we all had different
classes. Brady and Faith were in the same class together.
I made a new friend the first day, her name was, Brooke
Talen. I wrote a letter to her for being a great friend t me
the second day. This what it said:
Dear Brooke,
I really like to have you as a friend in school. Do you like
school? I love school so far. My sister Faith, she is in Ms.
Blomile’s class, with our friend Brady, well, Cookie Man.
That’s what we call him.
From,
Abby
I thought Brady and Faith would be fine but when they
came home the second day, they said it was horrible!
They said no one played with them and a boy was
beating them up! I would like to find out the truth, to
that, what they said what happened at school that day. I
told my mom that I meet Brooke. I liked to have a new
friend like her.
When I woke up the next day, it was Brady’s birth-day; I
didn’t know what to do for the birth-day, my mom said
don’t worry Abby. I knew she planed something for it, a
big plan.
The Birth-day Plan
When I came back from school, I saw a banner, cake,
cookies, piñata, candy, treats and presents, I loved
parties, I think, my parents used the cookies I made,
Brady LOVES those cookies I make. I think this will be
the best party I have every been to.
Faith and Brady were playing in Faith’s room; I heard
Faith and Brady coming down stairs, maybe to ask
when the party is ready. I didn’t know, but I need to tell
them now, I ask if they were told to come down they said
yes. Well then o.k. I thought it was ridicules to have them
come down, they looked ready to me though, it made
since now that I looked around at the whole room full of
party stuff.
Brady and Faith came own to look at the room full, of
that fun stuff. ‘Lets start the party know.’ Faith said.
Brady ran down to the piñata and smashed it down.
‘Come on Brady, don’t do that now.’ I said with
disappointment in my voice. Faith ran over and ate
candy. ‘Yummy, yummy, yummy!’ ‘FAITH and
BRADY! NO, NO, NO!’ We all screamed at once. ‘NO!’
Brady screamed. ‘Cake then?’ Faith asked. ‘Well then,
let’s open presents.’ Brady said. I said. ‘Brady’s birth-
day. Let him, though no piñata.’ ‘Well, o.k. presents
NOW!’ Brady said with a boom in his voice. ‘Yes good
idea.’ I said. I thought it was right for Brady, to pick the
game or activity. I saw some pies yummy, yummy,
yummy.
A New Friend
On the eighth day of school, I came home and I saw a new
friend, it was a girl, I thought I would have a new friend
in no time. Her name was Andrea I would like to meet
her. It was great to have a new friend.
It turned out she was my almost dad, I enjoyed her a lot
thought; she became a real sister to me, and friend. She
took place of our father who died yesterday our mom died
before he died, because he was sailing back the ship to
England, so we could return it back to the king and
queen. They would get made at my dad for not giving it
back to the royalty. I like to have a new sister, but no one
could place my dad, he was the best dad.
She was 9 and I was 9 too! Her birth day was the same as
mine. Our birth day was, September 12. We were happy
to have a new member in our family. We all liked her
very much. She was so great to us, she even made us
breakfast when it was our birth day. It is our birth day
tomorrow, I’m glad but.
Who will make us our morning breakfast? Who? Who?
Who? Andrea and I can’t make our breakfast, because it’s
our birth day! I wish we had dad or maybe mom. I wish! I
wish! I wish they didn’t die yet! To bad for me to late it
happened all ready. Who could stop them from dieing? I
want to know! Know! Know! Why can’t anybody tell me
what really happened to my parents. By the way, how
would my dad get back from England did he said he
wanted to stay there? Or to ride the ‘Eastern Germanic’.
No way, no way, I can’t let stay there all alone. Or
maybe he will take another boat maybe the ‘North Star’
or the ‘Western Stallion’, ‘East turtle, but all those go
places that aren’t going to America. They go to Africa
and places like that, I wish neither one died it is o.k. to
have one parent but I want two, but there is nothing I can
do now.
A New Treasurer Found
On the seventh day of school, we went to the beach, we
started to dig. I hit a big rock, and I seemed not to tell
anybody, though I came and dug it out of the sand and I
dragged it over to were nobody could see me, so I opened
the box and found a note I was very interested I could not
keep it to my self, I ran over and told Andrea what I
found in the sand. The note said:
Dear Alex Ally,
I have planed on to double the money I’ll give you. With
the help of my friends I can triple it to 1, oo, ooo dollars if
you want me to do that. Hid this. (Put in the box in the
old car and barrier it in the sand in Parkers Lake.)
-Mark.
‘Wow,’ I said. ‘I didn’t know that people can triple it that
much!’ ‘Well some people can do it, Abby.’ Andrea said
‘Money, money, money!’ Faith said. Brady just said:
‘Who ever Alex is he’s old.’ Everybody laughed at the
funny request. ‘Just wait tell next year and he will be
really old!’ Andrea said. ‘I know that.’ I said ‘Maybe the
real Alex is just not dead yet.’ I suggested. Andrea looked
at me really weird. ‘Then we can find him and ask what
this is meaning to him?’ Brady was starting to talk to
us. ‘Let’s put it on the news so if he’s alive and hears the
news he can know were to go so he can tell us the
meaning to it.’ ‘Well maybe he’s alive to hear the radio?’
Faith said. ‘Or maybe he’s to old to turn on the radio?’
‘I would like to meet this Alex. Would you? I asked.
Who Are They?
I thought maybe it was too silly to find this Alex we
learned about.
My questions:
1. Who is Mark???
2. Who is Alex???
3. Are Mark and Alex still alive???
4. Can I meet them???
5. What money???
6. How will he triple the money???
7. Do they mean Alex my dad’s friend???
8. Do they listen to the radio???
9. Why hide in the beach???
10. If there alive do they live in California???
11. Could they have a party if there no to old yet???
My questions don’t mean much to the rest of the family,
but they, don’t care about the questions I’m asking to
them. I try to inspire theme with my questions and like
two answers. (I don’t think I have any answers yet.) Well
I think it is funny how 1 person can do all this. Then we
went to my room to see if I could answer some of my
questions for my self, but I could not answer any of
them.
Where is Brady?
I thought I would go to the store, and when I came back,
the room was empty. No, Faith, no Brady, no Andrea.
Were are they! Faith came up behind the couch, ‘Here I
am!’ She said ‘Oh Faith! Why were you there? Where is
Andrea? Where is Brady?’ I asked Faith. ‘Oh, Andreas
looking for Brady will were is she looking?’ I asked her.
‘Oh in the park.’ Faith answered. ‘You mean he is lost!’ I
said ‘I do not know lets go look for her.’ I thought she was
playing but she wasn’t playing around, when I saw the
house with no Cookie Man, I was about to cry. Because we
adopted him, his parents died to. It was my job to protect
him, Andrea protected Faith. It was my entire fault he
was lost. The door opened, Andrea was there with no
Brady. ‘I lost him, I lost him Abbr! OH, NO, what
happened to him?’ Andrea cried. ‘It’s my entire fault! It’s
my entire fault!’ I cried, but it was only one minuter
until the surprise came.
‘I thought you were in charge of Brady Abby!’ Andrea
said with disappointment in her voice. Faith smiled,
‘Brady!!!’ ‘Why are with Brady?’ We asked Faith. ‘OH
BRDY!!!’ Andrea and I screamed at the children. ‘Were
you lost?’ Faith asked ‘No, I was scared when Andrea
came when she left I saw it was Andrea, so I tried to get to
her but, she drove away. So I followed the car and I came
home. When I herd you where fighting I waited till you
where really loud so no one could hear me through the
door.’ Brady took a deep breath and finished his story.
‘After all you were there I didn’t know you were.’ Andrea
said. ‘Oh yeah I should have been on the slide. But then I
was hiding behind the slid.’ Brady said. ‘You were so
weird! That’s the worst spot I could ever think of! I would
hide in the tires.’ Faith said. Andrea said ‘I was so stupid;
I would have never thought to look in those places. That
you guys have made.’ Faith and Brady said ‘Cookies!’
Meeting the suspects
On the 45 day of school, we decided that we should keep
on going with our mystery. Brady was right let us put it
on the radio. One problem. Do they listen to the radio
still? Are they still alive? I hope so.
I thought that it was ridicules to try to meet them, how
ever it was still possible to meet them, they could be alive.
Could they? I don’t know right now. But I think it could
be a mystery.
When Andrea took a walk, she came back smiling and
yelling: ‘GUESS WHAT, GUESS WHAT. I SAW ALEX
THE ONE WHO BERIDD THE BOX. I told him to come
over at 2:30Wednesday.’ I headed over the kitchen to
make some cookies for tomorrow If Brady wouldn’t eat
them all. ‘Now calm down you only saw Alex it’s not a
big deal is he? Alex? It’s a big deal. Now Cookie Man do
not eat any cookies. Okay?’ I said.
It was Wednesday 2:30; we waited and waited for him to
come to our house. ‘Are you shore you gave him
directions?’ I asked Andrea. ‘Yeap.’ She said. ‘I gave him
a piece of paper that had our address on it. Not the old
address in England.’ ‘Well why would you give him the
old address any way?’ I asked. ‘And why would I? I
would be such an idiot if I did.’ Andrea said standing up
tall. ‘Ooooh.’ Said Brady. ‘Super sister!’ Faith said.
The door opened, there stood, Alex Ally, his head held
high, his body straight. Andrea thought he was not an
average guy, she all so thought he was kind cute.
Alex said: ’Hello. I have a question for you all.’ Faith
said,’ Blast it of!’ Alex said ‘O.K. Well why did you want
me?’ ‘We ant to show you something, a box that said a
note about money.’ I said. Alex stood there with his jaw
wide opened. ‘My box, my box, how did you find it?’
‘Long story.’ I said with a slight smile on my face. ‘Well,
let me see if it truly my box.’ Alex insisted us. Brady
said, ‘I want to get the box.’ He ran up stairs and came
down running with the box. ‘I have it! I have the box that’s
Alex! Maybe, well, maybe Alex’s box.’
Alex smiled, ‘Yes.’ he exclaimed. ‘Yes! This is mine!’
‘What money does this mean?’ Andrea asked. ‘You know
what?’ ‘What?’ We said at once. ‘I don’t know yet. He just
gave me the money and gave me the note and box with
the money in it. So I have no clue just what he means. I
still have the money.’ ‘I thought you ran-out of the
money, or bought too many things and ran-out of the
money you were given at that time you were given that
money Mark gave you. I said. Andrea said, ‘Who is
Mark any way?’ she asked Alex. ‘He was my old friend
in Louisiana, I moved here to run away from him, he was
all ways telling me what to do, so I came to Californian
and he left me all alone when I moved here.’ Alex
answered them all. I seemed to answer Alex’s questions
unspoken to us. ’Well we were digging in the sand, and I
found the box and dug it out, I did not tell any body
what I found in the sand, I couldn’t help telling anyone
it any more. I told Andrea and she read me the note, told
me what she thought it meant, I thought it meant
something else and basically didn’t tell her and I wont
tell anyone not even you.’ I said sad enough for it to be
obvious to them that it was so sad. I went to the kitchen, I
yelled ‘BRADY! Did you eat all the cookies again?’ I
screamed at him. ‘YE- NO I DIDN’T!’ He yelled back.
‘Faith!’ I screamed at her. ‘No.’ Faith said. Then the
argument stops every body was quit then it stared again
the argument went on and on then Andrea said ‘Be quit!’
I thought I didn’t need to be shushed cause I was all ready
shushed, Andrea only needed the other children to be
shushed not me.
‘New friend, new friend!’ Faith screamed. ‘O.k. Faith.’
I said. ‘My name is Andrea that is Faith, Brady, and
Abby, all sitting on the couch but not Brady he is in the
chair. And Faith she is on the floor right now, up, she is
on your lap.’ Andrea said. ‘Is that o.k. with you? Faith
like to have new friends, she wants any body for a
friend, just any body she can get all long just fine with
people. She all ways solve any fight, even if she dose not
know them well, she still wants to play with them and be
friends, or any way to be nice to people. Any people she
wants to be with.’ I announced to Alex. ’Well, if she wants
to be friends then it is probably fine with me.’ Alex said
really proud like the precedence of the United States of
America. ‘Me too!’ Screamed Brady running over to Alex.
‘Now, I know me trying to change the subject is weird.
But, can you lead us to this Mark, Alex?’ I asked very
interested in the conversation. ‘Well, maybe it is possible
I can lead you to him.’ Alex said a little questioning to
us. I thought it was funny he still remembers him, from
a long time back.
Some Questions Answered
1. A trader (a gut who treated Alex so tribal.)
2. A kind gentlemen
3. Yes, maybe not Mark, but Alex is
4. Money given with out spoken words about it
5. _________________________________________
6. No not my dad’s friend
7. _________________________________________
8. Because the letter told him to
9. They could have a party not to old yet
A New Start
On the 89 day of school, we had a lat surprise, for
Andrea’s and I’s birthday, Alex planed the whole thing
for us two. I thought it was real nice for him to do for us.
Alex had planed on to do this for us. He actually said
’The party is for every body, but mostly for you.’ He
smiled at Andre and left, we told him, he could go in
Andrea’s room. Andrea said that he could stay in there
as long as he wanted. I thought Andrea liked him, or just
a way of being nice to new people.
When the party started, Brady ran for the piñata, head
first smack dab in the middle of the piñata. ‘Brady!
Look at what you have done this mess is all you.’ Andrea
scolded him. Brady was still happily eating candy from
the piñata candy. ‘Now Andrea don’t yell at Brady just
for smacking down the piñata it was all a mistake.
‘Come get some candy for the horse!’ Brady insisted.
10 Good Wonders
1. Is it true Andrea really knows who Alex really is
2. Does Andrea like Alex
3. Does Alex like Andrea
4. Is he sporty
5. I think he likes Andrea. Does he?
6. Does he like me
7. Do I like him
8. I don’t even know if I like him at all
9. How did Andrea find him
10. did Andrea go to the place were you can ask
were someone is and locate were he/she is
Those were just some but there are more were that came
from. I am really wondering all about those wonders
I’m asking myself. No one cares about my answers,
questions and wonders I ask myself.
Could we be alone for a wile? What do I mean? I mean
that Alex could go to a hotel for a week or so? I don’t
think Andrea is probably going to get mad at the
idea but who cares? I do not know care that much no
body knows that I want Alex to go by-by for a wile…
Will he agree?
Will he argue with me? I don’t know but there is a big
reason to it right now, a really big reason. Actually,
not big of a reason.
Someone New
On Monday, there was a new student, a student like
Brady, but as big as Alex, I do not know that true
answer but I’m close to it. All I know is that maybe he
will become good friends with Alex and maybe even
Brady’s friend. Because he looks like a cookie man,
and some how he looks like Alex too.
Some how I thought he was kind of cute (not Brady
thought, I mean the new kid in school.) cause with his
hair back. I told Andrea and she said. ‘You are an
idiot to think you like him,’ she said to me. ’You do
not even know his name.’ she whispered back to me.
‘Um, it is Cory,’ I said. ‘Girls; do you want to say
something?’ Pronounced our teacher. ‘No Ms. Jason.’ I
said. Cory laughed at someone then stopped because
the teacher looked at him in disappointment. ‘You
girls go in the hall I want you to go talk in there were
you can not disturb the class with your whispering
in the class.’ She said. ‘I will let you finish the
conversation out in the hall. And girls, make it
quick the office said she would come in.’ she finished.
When we got in the hall we heard foot steeps. We
decided we should hide and, there were barrows 7 in
one corner and 8 in the other. I said to Andrea. ‘Let’s
hide behind the barrows. I’ll hide in the one with 7
you go to the one with 8. You are bigger than me
hiding in the 8 stack it will be better.’ I whispered to
Andrea. ‘Will do, Abby.’ She whispered back. ‘Ms.
Jason, how is your new student?’ The office man
asked our teacher. ‘Great, really great.’ Ms. Jason
answered the office man. ‘I will be going off now.’ The
office man said with a slight smile on his face. We
got out behind the barrows. ‘He was spacious, I
thought. Did you think?’ I asked her. ‘He did have a
slight smile on his face.’ Andrea answered me. ‘I saw
that too, he all most saw me. Maybe he was Mark,
tried to find Alex and fond a job.’ I suggested.
‘Maybe so.’ Andrea said. ‘But I still,’ I began. ‘But
still what?’ Andrea asked me. ‘I do not want to tell
you.’ I answered. ‘I will not tell any one it; I promise
I’ll keep it secret.’ Andrea pleaded. ‘Well; he kind of
looks like you.’ I said. ‘Oh well; and Alex looks like
you.’ Andrea answered. ‘Are we related?’ I asked
Andrea. I didn’t know but some how we were.’ Andrea
said really mysteries to me. ‘Alex will know if it is
Mark or not!’ We said. ‘Are you thinking Alex could
take place with Cory and see if it is him?’ Andrea
said. ‘I absolutely am.’ I answered nodding my head
at her. ‘Well, after school I can get tell him to hide in
the park and then his mom will not know.’ I said.
‘Fine, only one thing, you need to have him close so
Alex if he can’t come we can tell him and he will be at
school in steed of at his house and we can’t tell him to
come to school.’ Andrea said firmly. ‘Deal.’ I said.
Saying Good-By to Alex
The next morning, Alex was there and we were talking
again we went in the hall and herd foot steps again. It
was the mystery guy. Alex said he would go to the
restroom. He switched with Cory and told us he was it. ‘It
was truly him?’ Andrea asked Alex. ‘Yes it was him.’
Alex mumbled. ‘Why aren’t you happy?’ Andrea asked. ‘I
tried to get away from him, and he tried to follow me and
he ended up to, well find me. I tried my best to runaway
and I need to runaway from here I would like to stay, but
I can not if I do not there is no way I can runaway from
Mark again. I feel like I need to go back were I came from
I best to go there in a week or so it is us less for me, I want
to go.’ Alex said really said. ‘We’ll miss you Alex.’
Andrea said.
The day was right for Alex to leave soon; he had to
take a week train to get to Missouri. Mark was
following him in the same room am Alex never knew
Mark was in a disguise. We tried to tell him that it
was mark he said it was imposable for him to meet
with Mark. Andrea and I hade idea for him to believe
us. We wanted to have a trip with Alex we found a
baby-sitter for Faith and Brady.
When we said to Mark, ’So Mark how was you’re
day?’ We tried to trick Mark. ‘Excellent. And how do
you know my name?’ Mark asked us. ‘Do you know
this Alex?’ Andrea asked him. ‘He was my old
friend. I tried to get Alex back as a friend I had to
find him.’ ‘Well I am right here.’ Alex said.
When we all reached home even Alex and Mark were
there. Andrea thought it was time to have a normal
life again in California.