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Letters Home from
Ellis Island
Dear Babicka,
I´m on the boat to Ellis Island with Jack. Jack has sea sickness, so I hope he feels fine. We were mostly worried about what steerage means. We were on the boat and doing fine until we saw our food, it was vegetables. Babicka I wish you were could be here with us. I just found out what steerage means, my friend Jacob told me and he told me the other floors had strawberries and grilled cheese. Jack is so bored and I am too, we´ve been on this boat for a day and the whole boat ride is 2 weeks. We were all squished together, I heard there was 3,000 people on this boat. It was Jack, Jacob and I all squished together. Jacob asked me where I came from and what happened. I told him I used to live in Czechoslovakia and we were being forced to join the Russian army, but we did not want to, so we ended up here. He said he didn´t want to talk about it. Jacob told me that most immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe, he also said most immigrants left their home country to avoid poverty and religious intolerance. Suddenly we heard people cheering and we realized there was no one in steerage. We went up to the deck, we were holding hands so we didn´t lose each other in the crowd. We all stopped walking and stared the Statue of Liberty. There was also an island, Ellis Island.
I´m on the boat to Ellis Island with Jack. Jack has sea sickness, so I hope he feels fine. We were mostly worried about what steerage means. We were on the boat and doing fine until we saw our food, it was vegetables. Babicka I wish you were could be here with us. I just found out what steerage means, my friend Jacob told me and he told me the other floors had strawberries and grilled cheese. Jack is so bored and I am too, we´ve been on this boat for a day and the whole boat ride is 2 weeks. We were all squished together, I heard there was 3,000 people on this boat. It was Jack, Jacob and I all squished together. Jacob asked me where I came from and what happened. I told him I used to live in Czechoslovakia and we were being forced to join the Russian army, but we did not want to, so we ended up here. He said he didn´t want to talk about it. Jacob told me that most immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe, he also said most immigrants left their home country to avoid poverty and religious intolerance. Suddenly we heard people cheering and we realized there was no one in steerage. We went up to the deck, we were holding hands so we didn´t lose each other in the crowd. We all stopped walking and stared the Statue of Liberty. There was also an island, Ellis Island.
Dear Babicka,
I´m on the boat to Ellis Island with Jack. Jack has sea sickness, so I hope he feels fine. We were mostly worried about what steerage means. We were on the boat and doing fine until we saw our food, it was vegetables. Babicka I wish you were could be here with us. I just found out what steerage means, my friend Jacob told me and he told me the other floors had strawberries and grilled cheese. Jack is so bored and I am too, we´ve been on this boat for a day and the whole boat ride is 2 weeks. We were all squished together, I heard there was 3,000 people on this boat. It was Jack, Jacob and I all squished together. Jacob asked me where I came from and what happened. I told him I used to live in Czechoslovakia and we were being forced to join the Russian army, but we did not want to, so we ended up here. He said he didn´t want to talk about it. Jacob told me that most immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe, he also said most immigrants left their home country to avoid poverty and religious intolerance. Suddenly we heard people cheering and we realized there was no one in steerage. We went up to the deck, we were holding hands so we didn´t lose each other in the crowd. We all stopped walking and stared the Statue of Liberty. There was also an island, Ellis Island.
I´m on the boat to Ellis Island with Jack. Jack has sea sickness, so I hope he feels fine. We were mostly worried about what steerage means. We were on the boat and doing fine until we saw our food, it was vegetables. Babicka I wish you were could be here with us. I just found out what steerage means, my friend Jacob told me and he told me the other floors had strawberries and grilled cheese. Jack is so bored and I am too, we´ve been on this boat for a day and the whole boat ride is 2 weeks. We were all squished together, I heard there was 3,000 people on this boat. It was Jack, Jacob and I all squished together. Jacob asked me where I came from and what happened. I told him I used to live in Czechoslovakia and we were being forced to join the Russian army, but we did not want to, so we ended up here. He said he didn´t want to talk about it. Jacob told me that most immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe, he also said most immigrants left their home country to avoid poverty and religious intolerance. Suddenly we heard people cheering and we realized there was no one in steerage. We went up to the deck, we were holding hands so we didn´t lose each other in the crowd. We all stopped walking and stared the Statue of Liberty. There was also an island, Ellis Island.
Dear Babicka,
The health officers gave Jacob, Jack and I a tag. We went to the Baggage room, that´s where we put our bags.
Dear Babicka,
We were on the stairs to the Registry room, there were doctors at the top of the stairs waiting for us. When we got up the doctors were looking for signs of trouble breathing, swallowing and other health problems. We were all fine except Jack, his face is red. Oh no, he was probably holding back his vomit on the boat. He was at the doctor and he said, ¨How are you feeling?¨ Nothing. Suddenly he threw up all over the doctor. ¨Good answer¨ said the doctor. Immigration officers dragged him away and I begged them to take me too. ¨Sure son¨, I realized they were staring at the vomit and didn´t listen! I started to feel weird and I threw up on the other doctor. ¨Take him with his brother¨.
The health officers gave Jacob, Jack and I a tag. We went to the Baggage room, that´s where we put our bags.
Dear Babicka,
We were on the stairs to the Registry room, there were doctors at the top of the stairs waiting for us. When we got up the doctors were looking for signs of trouble breathing, swallowing and other health problems. We were all fine except Jack, his face is red. Oh no, he was probably holding back his vomit on the boat. He was at the doctor and he said, ¨How are you feeling?¨ Nothing. Suddenly he threw up all over the doctor. ¨Good answer¨ said the doctor. Immigration officers dragged him away and I begged them to take me too. ¨Sure son¨, I realized they were staring at the vomit and didn´t listen! I started to feel weird and I threw up on the other doctor. ¨Take him with his brother¨.
Dear Babicka,
The health officers gave Jacob, Jack and I a tag. We went to the Baggage room, that´s where we put our bags.
Dear Babicka,
We were on the stairs to the Registry room, there were doctors at the top of the stairs waiting for us. When we got up the doctors were looking for signs of trouble breathing, swallowing and other health problems. We were all fine except Jack, his face is red. Oh no, he was probably holding back his vomit on the boat. He was at the doctor and he said, ¨How are you feeling?¨ Nothing. Suddenly he threw up all over the doctor. ¨Good answer¨ said the doctor. Immigration officers dragged him away and I begged them to take me too. ¨Sure son¨, I realized they were staring at the vomit and didn´t listen! I started to feel weird and I threw up on the other doctor. ¨Take him with his brother¨.
The health officers gave Jacob, Jack and I a tag. We went to the Baggage room, that´s where we put our bags.
Dear Babicka,
We were on the stairs to the Registry room, there were doctors at the top of the stairs waiting for us. When we got up the doctors were looking for signs of trouble breathing, swallowing and other health problems. We were all fine except Jack, his face is red. Oh no, he was probably holding back his vomit on the boat. He was at the doctor and he said, ¨How are you feeling?¨ Nothing. Suddenly he threw up all over the doctor. ¨Good answer¨ said the doctor. Immigration officers dragged him away and I begged them to take me too. ¨Sure son¨, I realized they were staring at the vomit and didn´t listen! I started to feel weird and I threw up on the other doctor. ¨Take him with his brother¨.
Dear Babicka,
Jack and I got out of the hospital and now we are on the stairs to the registry room. The same doctors are on the stairs one of them said please don´t throw up on me this time. Babicka we are in in the medical exam being checked by buttonhooks. Jack and I held hands and after we said not so bad. They started doing the six second exam, they checked for signs of illness like short of breath, red eyes and more. We were in perfect health.
Jack and I got out of the hospital and now we are on the stairs to the registry room. The same doctors are on the stairs one of them said please don´t throw up on me this time. Babicka we are in in the medical exam being checked by buttonhooks. Jack and I held hands and after we said not so bad. They started doing the six second exam, they checked for signs of illness like short of breath, red eyes and more. We were in perfect health.