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“Why do we have to go to this lame old house?” Lola yelped. You see Lola is not that much of a historical person. She’s more of the math type. “Well hun, you have to go. I don’t want to hear any whining, crying or complaining from the peanut gallery, a.k.a Lola.” “But Mom, who wants to learn on a Saturday?” “Knock it off peanut gallery.”
“Wow, I like the colors,” Lola mentioned. When they walked in to the Stranahan House, the tour guide was just about to leave, but they quickly paid and ran to be with the group. They walked what seemed to be a million miles. They thought that the hot Florida sun was following them.
“Mom, that was a long walk,” Lola moaned. The tour guide heard her. “I bet the barefoot mailman would have thought that was the shortest walk he had ever taken.” “Who is the barefoot mailman?” Lola questioned. “He was the first mailman, and back then they did not have cars so he took a route 68 miles to deliver citizen’s mail, on foot.” “Wow!” Lola said with her mouth drooping wide open.
The tour guide went on. “When Frank and Ivy went to go visit Frank’s relatives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a hurricane was coming, but they did not have T.V. So, nobody knew, and nobody was prepared. Frank and Ivy had weak windows so when they heard what had happened, they rushed back home on the next train to Fort Lauderdale. Ivy had recorded that when she got back, the rain was two inches in the whole house.” They went in and around the house and looked at all the plants.
“Okay this is our last stop,” the tour guide said. “At one point in time there was a fire in Fort Lauderdale and most of the town burnt down. It was very sad and they tried to rescue as many buildings as they could. Some they could not get to in time, but the ones they could, they formed what is called a bucket brigade ,which is where everybody lined up and took buckets of water and passed it down and they splashed it on the fire. Frank and Ivy were not affected by it.” “Cool!” Lola said.
“That concludes the tour. Be sure to check out the gift shop. Lola, was it as bad as you thought it would be.” “No, it was even better than I expected!”
-written by Audrey, age 11, Fort Lauderdale
“Wow, I like the colors,” Lola mentioned. When they walked in to the Stranahan House, the tour guide was just about to leave, but they quickly paid and ran to be with the group. They walked what seemed to be a million miles. They thought that the hot Florida sun was following them.
“Mom, that was a long walk,” Lola moaned. The tour guide heard her. “I bet the barefoot mailman would have thought that was the shortest walk he had ever taken.” “Who is the barefoot mailman?” Lola questioned. “He was the first mailman, and back then they did not have cars so he took a route 68 miles to deliver citizen’s mail, on foot.” “Wow!” Lola said with her mouth drooping wide open.
The tour guide went on. “When Frank and Ivy went to go visit Frank’s relatives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a hurricane was coming, but they did not have T.V. So, nobody knew, and nobody was prepared. Frank and Ivy had weak windows so when they heard what had happened, they rushed back home on the next train to Fort Lauderdale. Ivy had recorded that when she got back, the rain was two inches in the whole house.” They went in and around the house and looked at all the plants.
“Okay this is our last stop,” the tour guide said. “At one point in time there was a fire in Fort Lauderdale and most of the town burnt down. It was very sad and they tried to rescue as many buildings as they could. Some they could not get to in time, but the ones they could, they formed what is called a bucket brigade ,which is where everybody lined up and took buckets of water and passed it down and they splashed it on the fire. Frank and Ivy were not affected by it.” “Cool!” Lola said.
“That concludes the tour. Be sure to check out the gift shop. Lola, was it as bad as you thought it would be.” “No, it was even better than I expected!”
-written by Audrey, age 11, Fort Lauderdale
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