November, 2001
The "Time" of Thanksgiving
There I was actually stepping off of the actual Mayflower and onto Plymouth Rock!
Okay let's go back a little further. My name is Samantha, but don't ever call me that! I'm Sam to you. I bet you're wondering how I got here, right?
Well, it all started Friday morning. At first it was like any other day. My alarm went off, and I pressed snooze because I am not planning on going to school today.
Then my mom came in and ruined everything. It turned out that of all times she got back from her business trip early!
She had me ride with her to school, so that I couldn't try anything. I had to actually sit in the same spot for 6 hours!
It seemed like the last two minutes of school was two hours! As I was walking home I saw some friends playing baseball, which is my favorite sport. I walked over and asked, "Can I play, too?" They said sure with a sly grin on their faces, you can play 3rd base.
"Okay, where's that?" I said. They said "Do you see that house over there with all of hose crazy contraptions?" "Yes," I said. "It's right by the basement window." They said. I looked at them suspiciously, then started jogging over there.
A girl stopped me on my way and said, "You shouldn't have said yes." "Why?" I asked. She implied "There's a crazy old man that lives there." "Oh ya, well I'm not afraid of anything!" I exclaimed. I marched over there proudly with my head held high.
Before I knew what was happening a ball whipped past me and broke the basement window. "Go get it!" everyone screamed.
I slowly and carefully opened the basement window. The ball had rolled to the other side of the room. I started walking over then all of a sudden I couldn't move no matter how hard I tried.
Then something just dropped me and I was pummeling down a hole in another dimension! Then zap, I was on a strange old ship with people dressed from hundreds of years ago.
Everyone stared in awe. "It's a witch!" a man shouted. Everyone gasped. "No, you've got the wrong idea, I'm one of you or at least I think I am," I desparately explained.
"Burn her," they shouted. The head of the boat said "impreison her until we land." They tied my hands with rope and took me below deck.
Pound! "We've reached land," the guard said. I stepped on Plymouth Rock then onto grass where they have already prepared to hang me.
They tied a noose around my neck, then an old woman burst through the crownd and said, "No!". "What's wrong Agnes?" a man asked. "Don't hur her, she has done nothing!" she bellowed. "She is like my lost daughter, I will take her in and teach her our ways," she offered. "Very well," the man said.
They let me go. Agnes takes me and says, "Child, tomorrow is the first Thanksgiving, it is then you can prove your worth." Well how could I pass up food?
The next day I was waken up at sunrise. Agnes said, "Child, go to the woods and prepare the corn." Well this was a wake up call, I actually have to work. I did as told and worked so hard I couldn't walk.
Just as I was leaving something caught my eye. It shined in the sunlight, but only for an instant. I stuck my hand out, I couldn't move it. I pulled and pulled until finally it came out.
"I found the way back," I shouted. I said to myself, "I'll just stay for the feast.
I went back and Agnes actually made me wear a dress! I sat at the un modified table and to my surprise there was Sasquatch right next to me!
I ate and ate, it was the best meal ever. Then I trid to explain to Agnes why I had to go, but she didn't understnad, so I just left.
I found the way back without a fuss and said, "Here it goes." This time I jumped in and didn't even get stuck.
I was back in the basement before I knew it. I grabbed the ball, bopped out, and threw it at the catcher. She said, "Hey, where are you going?" I said, "There are more important things than playing ball!" I exclaimed as I went home to make dinner.
by Devon
A-6