{"id":15001,"date":"2019-11-23T17:01:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T01:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=15001"},"modified":"2019-11-21T15:14:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T23:14:05","slug":"tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/tyler\/","title":{"rendered":"The English Men — a story by Ishbel Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young Readers League 2019 “Hidden History” Writing Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n

3rd place<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Category 1: ages 8-11)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe English Men\u201d<\/p>\n

by Ishbel Tyler<\/p>\n

Grade 5<\/p>\n

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Summary:\u00a0 A grandmother recalls a night when she overhears unwanted visitors at their village.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt all started when mama told me to go to the forest and fill a basket with acorns so she could<\/p>\n

make some bread to go with the deer we were about to have for dinner,\u201d grandma said as her sparkling blue eyes gazed down at me. \u201cI walked slowly to the forest, noticing every sound and every small bit of movement, just how papa had taught me. But I wasn\u2019t listening for animals, oh no, I was listening for voices. The English men\u2019s voices.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see little one there had been whispers at night, whispers that said, The elder saw the English<\/em> or We should prepare to attack<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was curious and wanted to find out if it was true, so on that day many years ago, I was ten times more observant than I usually was during the hunt. I saw nothing on the way there but\u00a0 when I came back with my basket full of beautiful brown acorns, I heard something, English voices. I followed the sound and there right in front of me were the men building their cozy log cabins and whistling\u00a0 cheery tunes. I turned around and as quietly as I could, I ran back to the village. I told mama what I saw and she reported to the chief. The chief called a meeting to explain what was happening. He said we could either fight or live at peace. We decided to live at peace, but that didn\u2019t happen. There were fights over food, land and the riches. But then one day, after three long years, it stopped. We went to the place where they had settled and it was abandoned. It was like they had vanished.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut where did they go, grandma?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one knows little one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE to view the full list of the Hidden History Contest Winners:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/hidden-history<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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