Steven

When I got off the Mayflower I saw a man. It took sixty-five days to get here I said. I was surprise how long it took to get here. Then I sat on a log. That is where I met a man named Sam__.__ I said to him, "I am a man, my name is Jackson. My little girl and my wife did not survive the ride on the Mayflower but I did," I said.

About half of us Pilgrims survived the first winter. Everyday I would go hunting for deer. After I went hunting we gave the food that we got to the women so they could cook it. After the women cooked it, all of us ate it. We ate duck and corn. At the end of the day we built a fire. After the fire went out, we went to bed. In the morning, we got dressed and then picked corn from the corn field. After I picked the corn I would go on a walk in the woods. I saw alot of animals. There were rabbits, deer, elk, and birds. When I got back from my walk, we ate lunch. After that I fished for bluegill with a stick and a string in my river for fun. When I was done fishing, I counted the fish and then let them go. I had thirteen in all. I saved some of the fish for supper.

When I was done eating I played with a rock I found on the ground. It was shaped like a snake. I brought the snake to my house to study it. After a while I found out what it was. It was a fossilized snake. I was going to keep it for the rest of my life. I went outside to make a shelf for it because I had started to collect rocks. Now I look for and find alot of rocks. I find red, white, gray and even blue rocks.

Then I went to the feast to eat. The feast went on for about three days. The feast was a big feast where you eat lots of food. The feast was a time for prayer. I ate alot. In the feast I ate turkey, corn, squash and other vegetables. I was the person who brought the corn. It took me over an hour to pick all of it. It also took a while to make the corn of the cob. The Turkey was good.

At the harvest, I talked to my friend. His name was Sam. He sat by me at the feast. The next morning I went to the feast again. This time we all had bread, corn, turkey, squash and ham. It was good. I went home and built a fire with flint. Then I went to the forest to build a hammock. When I was done I took a short nap in it. When I woke up I went over to a big rock in the ground. It had fossils. I took it to the feast to show my friend. When I got there I showed it to him and he said, "Cool!" Then I took it home and set it against my wall. Then I went back to the feast to eat. When I got there I ate turkey. Then I played games with my friend. After we played games I went to my house to go to sleep.

In the morning I went outside to take a walk in the forest. I climbed up a tree to see how far I could see but when I got up into the tree I saw a man in the tree beside me. I said, "What's your name?"

He said, "Squanto."

I said, "What are you doing?"

And he said, "hunting for food."

I said, "Do you want to come to our feast?"

He said, "yes." Then I took him to the feast. When we got there he went up to every one and said, "My name is Squanto." Then I helped him build a home cauld a Wetu. We put on saplings bent into circular shapes. It is hard to build a wetue. When we were done we went inside. When we got inside we looked around. He said he liked his home.

Then I went to the feast to eat with Squanto. When we got there we ate turkey, ham, potatoes. It was good. Then we went to my house and played hide and seek. First I was it. I ran around my house chasing him and got him. It was fun.