Ronaldo Dehn: A Short Story

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Tristen Morse Mrs. Cain 1st hour American Lit 12 October 2012 The New World in the eyes of Ronaldo Dehn It’s been 67 days since we left port. Father said we should be nearing our new home soon. I can’t wait much longer. The scenery grows tiring. I have been really bored lately. On top of all that, Jeremiah, the captain, won’t even let me get in the crow’s nest anymore. I hope we hit land soon. The sea is nothing but a blue abyss filled with mystery and the unknowing of what lies beneath. We wonder of what is to come when we reach the land, but we can only wonder. The day has finally come! We have spotted land, and other ships. Everyone is getting excited, running around and getting things ready for unloading. I have been helping Theodore, the scientist and teacher among the crew, pack all of the reading material. Father says about one hour until we reach land! The excitement of the arrival to our new home is one I cannot wait to explore. There is no limit to my imagination as to what I can find and what will be located within the not so distant future. After we got everything unloaded and everything settled down we heard some rustling in the bushes. I saw a child that looked to be…show more content…
They picked up quickly to the way we talk fairly easy. They have taught us how to grow crops that we didn’t know about in Europe. They taught us about animals that lived here and how to catch them. They seemed so insightful and so reliant on each other. It was unlike most behavior that I have ever seen. They were quite friendly and adopt us into the tribe. We taught them about our way of life and where we had come from. They seemed confused about some of the luxuries we had (mostly because they had never seen or heard about most of it.) They told us stories about Mother Nature and animals. I quite enjoyed sitting around the fire listening to these stories and letting my imagination run

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