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Once upon a time,well.....if you dare to go on I shall continue,ah..where was I ah yes.Once upon
a time there lived a very courageous young lady just barely 10 years old. Her life would have turned out much better had her
mother not been taken by the Plague of 1910.But it took her and she was left in the care of her mean step-father.Every morning
he expected her to go to the ducks' nest on the lake to bring back the duck eggs.Then she was ordered to prepare breakfast.Though
she never got to taste the delicious eggs,that she prepared for him,unless it was just a morsel that was accidentally left
on the plate. Oh yes she was made to fetch him water and wood for the fire,Yes she was his slave.
The only time she had
alone to herself was at night when he was off getting drunk.She would go down to the Lake and cry for her Mother,sobbing and
wishing things were back like they used to be.She could see her Moms smiling face when she woke every morning,to pancakes
and sausage. She then helped her Mom all day and they laughed,they laughed a lot,but she would soon remember where she
was and why.......... The whole time she sobbed,something in the lake stirred,she never saw it,but it was there,listening
to her hanging on her every thought and every tear,and it was getting angrier by the second,and not at her but at her mean
evil step-father.
The little girl fell to sleep crying,when the sun rose her step-father awoke,where was the girl?This
made him very angry.He couldn't find her,he stomped off to look for her.Soon he saw a shadowy figure down by the lake,There
she is he thought now I shall punish her badly.
As he walked down to slap her,the Lake waters started churning,gurgling,rising
up closer and closer,grabbing the girls step-father. Quickly it took him under,allowing one last scream to be heard,the
girl woke just in time to see the horrible sight.
Soon,she heard a large Burp,yes the Lake had come alive...............and
ate her mean and cruel step-father...
Written by Barbara Taylor-Agerton
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