![]() chapter 1 the anouncementA Chapter by tom thumb![]() this is the first chapter on my online book![]() When the announcement was made about a zeppelin that was going to take 100 passengers across the united states people from all over includeing new york and miami gathered in san francisco to see the structure being built it took the company for years but when it was ready people started to buy there ticket for the maiden voyage of the gibralter but for fred barleycorn and his companion yankee who is a wanted man here in the united states a trip like this is once in a lifetime. On a day like any other fred barleycorn sat in his favorite chair doing some deep thinking i need a vacation he said to himself but what kind just then yankee came in to fred study with a newsaper cliipping sorry to bother you sir he said but i think i have a solution to your problem here look and he handed the newspaper clipping to fred it said annoucing the maiden voyage of the 100 passenger zeppelin the gibralter taking people acorss the united states leaveing from san francisco august 30th 2015 tickets are going fast so buy yours today that's it fred said we can go on a cross country tour of the us oh but sir there is only one problem the tickets are to much money yankke said well there goes that idea fred now what should we do yankee asked i don't know fred said so the did some thinking and after a few minute or so yankee said that's it we will sneek about the gibraulter and still take that cross country tour but how there will be police all over that day fred said. you forget that i am a master at deception yankee said leave that to me alight fred said lets do it i could use a vacation it says here that it's leaving on the 30th quick what is today the fifthteenth yankee said that means we only have a short amount of time to get to san franciso fred said we must leave seattle at once yankee said and head for the frisco bay if we wish to make it in time to sneek aboard and get are vacation so whatout another word fred and yankee went to pack up what they would get for the trip and when they where ready thry headed to the train station ready for the ultimate vaction. © 2013 tom thumbAuthor's Note
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Added on August 22, 2013 Last Updated on October 7, 2013 Tags: zeppelin cross country tour Author![]() tom thumbboca raton fl, FLAbouthi i am perry i am a writer i mostly write poems and short story but i am working on my first novel i have three favorite writers charles dickens mark twain and jules verne. more..Writing
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