my voice
I am one of three children I have an older very independent and completly self sufficientsister who can do everything completly alone. I also have an elder brother who is fairly needey in all aspects of his life he thinks it is just hard on him but in reality he just doesnt know how to manage anything.
I am from a fairly average middle class family in the heart of bozeman I spent my child hood trying but failing horribly to do sports it didnt matter which ones I tried to do I was horrible at them all except little league I did good at the baseball but I hated it it is so bloody booring that I could hardly contain myself.
My mother is from an average middle class familythatt both parents worked she has one younger brother. My father is from a slightly higher class family only his father worked and his mother stayed home to raise his five younger brothers and sisters. Being from a family that large he was on his own pretty much ever since he was 18 and out of highschool.
Growing up in this family my parents were quick to teach me the value of a dollar, what hard work can do for you and to always love and cherish your family so I have always tried my hardest anddone my best to keep myself busy.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
displaced fairy tale
Patrick shyne
wanye 121
3/18/2007
The old man
In the depths of Wyoming there lived an old widower and his daughter. In time, the man remarried to an older woman who had a daughter herself from a previous marriage. The woman doted on her own daughter, loving and praising her at every opportunity, but she despised her new stepdaughter. She made it so that every thing the new daughter did was wrong and made the girl work longer and harder in a day than the other girl did in a year. One day the old woman made up her mind to rid herself of the usless stepdaughter once and for all. She ordered her new husband, "Take her somewhere so that my eyes will no longer have to stained with her, so that my ears wont have to hear her her complain. And don't take her to some relative's house. Take her into the biting cold of the rockymountain forest and leave her there."
The old man grieved and wept tried to reason with her at no end, but he knew that he could do nothing else; his wife always had her way. So he took the girl into the forest and left her there. He turned and ran back quickly so that he wouldn't have to see his daughter freeze.
Oh, the poor thing, sitting there in the snow, with her body shivering and her teeth chattering! Sneaking from tree to tree, came upon her in the middle of the forest.
"Are you warm, little girl?" he asked.
"Uhhhhhh. Yes...., I am quite warm," she said, even though she was frozen to the bone.
At first, he had wanted to leave the girl there and let the life freeze out of her with his icy grin. But he admired the young girl's stoicism and showed mercy. He gave her his warm fur coat and down quilts before he left.
In a short while, the old man returned to check on the girl. "Are you warm, my lass?" he asked.
" Yes, I am very warm, thank you" she said. And indeed she was warmer. So this time the old man brought a large box for her to sit on.
A little later, the old man returned once more to ask how she was doing. She was doing quite well now, and this time the old man gave her silver and gold jewelry to wear, with enough extra jewels to fill the box on which she was sitting!
Meanwhile, back at her father's hut, the old woman told her grief stricken husband to go back into the forest and fetch the body of his daughter. "Bring back what's left of her," she ordered. The tired husband did as he was told and went back into the woods. Joy overwhelmed him when he saw his daughter was still alive, wrapped in a sable coat and adorned with silver and gold!
When he arrived home with his daughter and the box of jewels, his wife looked on in amazement.
"Start the car, you old bastard, and take my own daughter to that same spot in the forest and leave her there," she said with greed in her eye. The old man did as he was told.
Like the other girl at first, the old woman's daughter began to shake and shiver. In a short while, the old man came by and asked her how she was doing.
"Are you blind?" she snapped. "Can't you see that my hands and feet are quite numb? Curse you, you miserable old man!"
Dawn had hardly broken the next day when, back at the hut, the old woman woke her husband and told him to bring back her daughter, adding, "Be careful with the box of jewels." The old man obeyed and went to get the girl.
A short while later, the gate to the yard creaked. The old woman went outside and saw her husband standing next to the sleigh. She rushed forward and pulled aside the sleigh's cover. To her horror, she saw the body of her daughter, frozen by the angry old man. She began to scream and berate her husband, but it was all in vain.
Later, the man's daughter married a neighbor, had children, and lived happily. Her father would visit his grandchildren every now and then, and remind them always to respect whom ever they meet.
wanye 121
3/18/2007
The old man
In the depths of Wyoming there lived an old widower and his daughter. In time, the man remarried to an older woman who had a daughter herself from a previous marriage. The woman doted on her own daughter, loving and praising her at every opportunity, but she despised her new stepdaughter. She made it so that every thing the new daughter did was wrong and made the girl work longer and harder in a day than the other girl did in a year. One day the old woman made up her mind to rid herself of the usless stepdaughter once and for all. She ordered her new husband, "Take her somewhere so that my eyes will no longer have to stained with her, so that my ears wont have to hear her her complain. And don't take her to some relative's house. Take her into the biting cold of the rockymountain forest and leave her there."
The old man grieved and wept tried to reason with her at no end, but he knew that he could do nothing else; his wife always had her way. So he took the girl into the forest and left her there. He turned and ran back quickly so that he wouldn't have to see his daughter freeze.
Oh, the poor thing, sitting there in the snow, with her body shivering and her teeth chattering! Sneaking from tree to tree, came upon her in the middle of the forest.
"Are you warm, little girl?" he asked.
"Uhhhhhh. Yes...., I am quite warm," she said, even though she was frozen to the bone.
At first, he had wanted to leave the girl there and let the life freeze out of her with his icy grin. But he admired the young girl's stoicism and showed mercy. He gave her his warm fur coat and down quilts before he left.
In a short while, the old man returned to check on the girl. "Are you warm, my lass?" he asked.
" Yes, I am very warm, thank you" she said. And indeed she was warmer. So this time the old man brought a large box for her to sit on.
A little later, the old man returned once more to ask how she was doing. She was doing quite well now, and this time the old man gave her silver and gold jewelry to wear, with enough extra jewels to fill the box on which she was sitting!
Meanwhile, back at her father's hut, the old woman told her grief stricken husband to go back into the forest and fetch the body of his daughter. "Bring back what's left of her," she ordered. The tired husband did as he was told and went back into the woods. Joy overwhelmed him when he saw his daughter was still alive, wrapped in a sable coat and adorned with silver and gold!
When he arrived home with his daughter and the box of jewels, his wife looked on in amazement.
"Start the car, you old bastard, and take my own daughter to that same spot in the forest and leave her there," she said with greed in her eye. The old man did as he was told.
Like the other girl at first, the old woman's daughter began to shake and shiver. In a short while, the old man came by and asked her how she was doing.
"Are you blind?" she snapped. "Can't you see that my hands and feet are quite numb? Curse you, you miserable old man!"
Dawn had hardly broken the next day when, back at the hut, the old woman woke her husband and told him to bring back her daughter, adding, "Be careful with the box of jewels." The old man obeyed and went to get the girl.
A short while later, the gate to the yard creaked. The old woman went outside and saw her husband standing next to the sleigh. She rushed forward and pulled aside the sleigh's cover. To her horror, she saw the body of her daughter, frozen by the angry old man. She began to scream and berate her husband, but it was all in vain.
Later, the man's daughter married a neighbor, had children, and lived happily. Her father would visit his grandchildren every now and then, and remind them always to respect whom ever they meet.
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