Georgie

• Breanna Bradbury, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2013

‘’Help!’’ That is what I scream when I wake up from my sleep. I have had nightmares ever since I lost my parents. They have been about Dad and mum getting taken , by the government. They are shouting my name over and over again every night. All I hear is Georgie, Georgie, Georgie. This has been going on for ten years.It started when I was six.I live at the Shadyville orphanage. Home is what I think of it .Even though I get a poor education and not a normal life. I still have normal friends and a beautiful, cozy home. I’m
independent but still get provided the normal necessities for life. I always hope for a new home but I will love my home forever

The next day I wake up and brush my teeth, only just realizing I didn’t wake up in the night. I feel so much better until the mother of the orphanage says ‘’Georgie say hello to your new parents Sabrina and Nick’’. In that very moment I was having a bittersweet moment. The mother Silinabalasky says, ‘’ Pack your bag’’. I pack everything and say my goodbyes. ‘’Gelia have fun. Beanga be safe’’. Then I whisper into Baliga-saman’s ear, ‘’ Take care of everyone for me.’’
I love my new home. It has a big yard a dog called Yawp and a great house. After a few days I’m bored. So I play with the dog. I feed it some food but my younger step sister purposely poisoned the food. Because Yawp bit the head off her Barbie doll. I didn’t notice this until the next day. The parents saw this and then told me. They started blaming and hitting me. I go to my room and start packing. I say to sister Hazel , ‘’Cover for me.’’ She said ‘’Wait, where are you going?’’ I told her the orphanage. I, will come visit.

I run ten miles on hot ground to get back to the orphanage. I tell Silinabalasky that the parents hit me. She said that the police will be on it soon. After a couple of months Sabrina and Nick were arrested and Hazel ended up with me and Yawp. We all had a great life altogether, again