Move to America

By: Victoria

I was walking home from school. I kept on starring at the harbour "OOOH! The smell of that fresh sea and the sparkle and glimmer of the water. I wish I could go on one of those boats." I thought. But we couldn't and now especially after my dad lost his job.

I could see all the men with top hats on and some with beard. The lady's were wearing big lacy dresses. Everyone was waiting in line to go on a beautiful carriage with white horses waiting to take you to your destination.

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I could start to see my small little broken cottage by the grey fog. Suddenly I started to get closer and closer I saw piles and piles of newspaper. "Probably because of my parents. I hope my parents can find a job." I thought worriedly. This issue started to get worse and worse.

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"Chloe pack your bags we need to go!" My mom shouted. We had lost so much money that we couldn't afford to pay our cottage so we had to leave.
"Can't we go on the migrating boat to take us to the land America!" I suggested to my parents. "No honey we don't have enough money." My mom said.

"Well we could sneak on the migrating boats through the back." My dad suggested. "It could be a risk but America will be full of new opportunities." My mom told me because I looked worried but at the end we all agreed.

The boat was very big. It had 2 huge sails, many rooms for everyone to sleep. My family and I found a little storage room at the back. It smelled like raw fish, had no beds and was very dusty. We weren't sure if we could survive 10 weeks without beds in a stinky room. But we would all work together to figure it out.

I was so happy I was finally in my dreams. Then I thought " We still have time and this might be my only chance on this boat so I should go see the beautiful view." I tiptoed up the stairs trying not make any sound the only thing you could hear was little soft “ creek.”I was at the edge of the boat enjoying the view a beautiful blue sky and the sight of Big Ben almost chiming 12pm. Suddenly, I remembered what my mom had told me that it wasn’t a good idea to get out of the room because we could get caught. So I decided to go back.

When I was going down back to the room I heard someone say “Hey! You haven’t checked in, come back here with your parents and pay before we leave the harbour or else get off.” One of the workers told me. Right away my parents came. “I’m sorry but isn’t there another we can pay?” My dad asked. “ No! The only way is to pay with money and if you can’t, leave. Right now.” The man didn't even give us a chance. He got some other workers on the boat and threw us off. We were still close to the harbour so we decided to swim back to the harbour. "I left all my memory's back home and on the boat what will I do now." I thought. We were so tired our legs felt like weights, we couldn’t keep on going.

We saw a boat coming our way, but it stopped. “Do you folks need any help?” The sailor asked. “Yes, would you be kind in of to let us go on the boat you got there.” My dad said. “Oh and we won’t be able to pay we have lost all our money. Can we still go on?” My mom added. “Of course you can, come on up.” The sailor told us. We enjoyed the ride, seeing the wonderful sunset.