Brendan

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Leven Roly Smith
Have you ever wanted something so badly but you have everything you need? Well life started out like that for me. You know in the movies sometimes the rich kid wants to get a different chance at life and know what it feels like to be poor. Well thats what I am and I want to know. Before I came to america I lived in Ireland. It was wonderful there. Every one was so friendly, funny and we all respected each other. I would go sit in the lushes green hills of Ireland sometimes.I had a beautiful dog named Ginger. Sometimes she would come with me and sit in the hills of Ireland and watch the world go by. She was the best thing I ever had. My dad was rich and I did not care of any of his money. He owned a very large potato farm and company. He became very rich off of his potato company and farm. I had a 6 year old sister and my mom was pregnant with a baby. One day there was a fire that set fire at our house and my fathers potato farm. My dog Ginger was in the house and was killed in the fire. I cried the whole day after the fire. I was to up set to talk or do anything.I could not stop myself from thinking about ginger. I felt hatred and anger when I thought about the fire. I thought some one had set the fire on purpose to steal my fathers money. But my parents told me the fire had started by the stove catching something on fire. But I do not believe them. My parents set me up in a private school for seventh grade, in america, I would go in two months from today. And today was September 1. They day we landed in america I went straight to my room a took a nap. I was to tired to even think. I woke up the next morning and forgot that we were in America. Then when I went down stairs I remembered because I saw my dad reading the news paper and it said "Cleveland heights paper." and right next to that it said" United states, September 2, 2010" After I knew That we were in America I had a bowl of cereal and a bagel for breakfast. Suddenly I wanted to go for a walk. I did not tell my parents and just walked out the door. I saw a beautiful garden down the street and I headed for that. I walked smoothly down the street towards the garden When I got to the opening of the garden I stopped and stared at all the gardeners and there plants. It was an amazing sight to see I cannot even describe it it was so beautiful. There were tons of people planting all different stuff. I went over to a man and sat down next to him. He was planting big beautiful tomatoes. He had a sign up saying Lateasha's tomatoes. The man looked tall and burly. Maybe even as burly as my father. Suddenly I start to talk to him. I ask him questions and he answers back then I state my opinion. I started to ask him questions about the world and life.I do not know why I ask these questions I just did. At noon I had learned that the guys name was Curtis and he wanted to earn his girlfriends respect back because he had made a big mistake by cheating on her. I went back home at 1:00. I did not tell my parent at dinner about my day. They still knew that I was upset about Ginger so they only tried to cheer my spirits up. That whole week I went down to The garden and met some one new. On the second day I met Amen who was a janitor at the school I was going to go to soon. On wednesday I met a very nice and loyal man named Amir. The next day I met a boy my age who was helping his uncle. His name was Gonzalo. On friday I met a very polite women named Sae Young. On saturday I met Nora who was a very observably and Mr Myles who had a physical disability. On Sunday I met Virgil and his dad who drives taxies. And that whole time at the garden and going to the garden with out my parents approval, I never told my parents. All that time I did not now why I went down to the garden or asked those questions I just did. But on monday I rode my bike down to the garden. On the way down the hill I saw a dent in the road. I thought I could bike over it so I tried. But my front wheel go stuck in the dent and I got thrown of my bike and hit the ground on my left arm. When I sat up to see what happened all this agonizing pain rushed thru me. I tried to hold a scream. But I managed to growl. I got up slowly, got my bike, and went straight home. When I walked inside my house I went to find my parents. I found them in the family room. When they saw my arm they immediately asked "Did you just try to sneak out and you broke your arm doing some crazy thing." I said "yep, that is exactly what happened." After that they put me in the car and drove me to the hospital. At the hospital they x-rayed my arm and found out it was broken. So they put a cast on it. I chose dark blue. When I got back home my parents told me to think before acting and always tell them what happened, so that I can be safe and make the right decisions. That night I promised myself that I would always think before acting and tell my parents what happened every day. The day after I broke my arm I got up to find my body in tragic pain. I fought through that pain and told my parents about how I felt and how I would go down to the garden that day. They really appreciated that I asked and after breakfast told me to remember to always think before acting and so I did. When I left for the garden I found some money in my pocket. I stopped to think about how I would use the money while I had a broken arm. Then suddenly a thought rushed inside my head. I tried to jog down to the farmer's market with a broken arm. When I got there I purchased some potato seeds from the money I had found in my pocket. Next I went to the garden, when I got there I found a spot next to Amir and Gonzalo. I turned the dirt and planted the seeds into a certain name. I used my knowledge from the potato farm in Ireland to crop the potatoes. While I was planting and growing my potatoes at home I was writing a song. I finished writing it on Friday and I stood up in the middle of my planting and sang loud and clear. In Ireland at school I was known for my beautiful singing voice. Also, I was never afraid to express myself. I barely embarrassed myself ever in singing or acting. So I was not worried when I sang my song in front of the garden. All the gardeners looked up and listened. My song was about a boy who missed his dog very badly, he had to learn to forget the past and pay attention to the present and his actions and thoughts. The next week a name appeared out of my potatoes....it said Ginger. I knew right then to go on and what I should do in the future.