A New Life,A Temporary Home

A Chapter by Black Snow

Chapter 2:

The three kids settled down on some wood.The place reeked of alchahol, and garbage.The ground had turned from stone,to dirt.They could hear mice,and rats scuttling around,nibbling on rotten fruit.Riley huddled up next to Florila,"I'm scared..."He whimpered.

Gregory got up,and began moving the wood around.He took two 6 foot planks,and put them up on either side of the alley.He grabbed an old hammer,and some nails,and nailed them into walls.Then,he took two,4 foot planks,and placed one on one plank,then the other,on the other plank.As they stretched out,he placed one 4 foot plank on top of the other,and nailed them together.Then he took square plank,and nailed it into the ground.He grabbed the food,and placed it on the square plank.

Florila looked at Gregory in surprise,"Wow!This is amazing!You made a minatour house!"Riley quickley began eating some bread and butter.Gregory took the cloths they wrapped the food in,and drapped them over thier new 'house'.

They all sat down by there table,and ate.Florila looked at Gregory and said,"What are we going to do about money?We'll run out of food eventually." Gregory looked at her and said,"Were gonna have to find jobs.I could probbably find a job on a farm.Herd some animals.You could churn butter.Riley would have to sit and watch.We don't want him to get hurt."Riley let out a big yawn that made the two older children laugh.Riley laid down on the ground,and fell asleep.Soon,the two older ones found themselfs dozing of,in a London alley...

Quickly,all three of them woke up to the sound of talking,yelling,and the sound of horse hoves clopping against the street.Gregory exited thier shelter,and felt the blinding suns heat against his skin.Florila pulled Riley out behind her,and they both looked around.It was a something they hadn't had they the chance to do in awhile.Breath the fresh outdoor air,listen to the sounds,and not have to worry.

The three of them walked out of the alley slowly,and carefully.They headed down the street towards the dock.They could probbably haul boxes,open clam shells.Do some work for some half pennies.

Down at the dock,orders were bieng yelled out everywhere.Gregory walked up to the man who was yelling them out,"Um...Escuse me sir?"The man turned towards him,"Yes.What do you want?"Gregory hesitataed for a moment,"Me and my sister were wondering if we could get jobs.Our step-brother is to little to work."The man eyed him for a few moments,"OK.I'll pay each of you,2 half pennies,for each crate,you haul onto that ship."He said pointing towards the largest ship.Gregory nodded his head,and him and Florila headed over there.The man turned his head towards Riley,"If you want,you can go and play over by that ship over there."He said pointing to the smallest ship.Riley walked off towards that area,and began playing with some string.Over were there older two were working,Florila had so far pushed 2 crates onto the boat,Gregory had pushed 5.By the end of the day,the two had made,54 half pennies.So 27 full pennies.They walked back up the cobble street.On thier way back,they saw Miss.Rix,coming out of the Orphanage.Quickly,they ran back to the alley,and packed everything up.They ran up the street,towards the way out of that area.What layed ahead?None of them knew.

They Had,A New Life,A Temporary Home.

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