Journal Entry #1

Hi I'm Billy Creekmore! I am ten years old and am currently living at "The Guardian Angels Home For Boys". I don't like living here that much. I don't get fed much at all, we are forced to work hard and if we don't we get beaten harshly. I have a poor life, my Mum is dead, my Dad abandoned me,and my education is bad.

I have a few friends, Rufus, Meek, and some others. Mr. Beadle is big, fat, mean, greedy and a jerk! He was always beating someone that made him angry. Mr. Beadle is the owner of "The Guardian Angels Home For Boys".

The work here can be quite rough. It's basically Farmin' all the time, milk the cows, feeding the chickens and taking their eggs. We don't eat much here, we hardly have any clothing, and Mr. Beadle treats us like dirt. He lied to Mr. Colder about our age so he could make more money. I spied on them one night and heard that quiet little Meek Jones was going to be sent off to a glass making factory. He had run away from the factory and came running back during the night with his hand melted part-way by molten glass. I helped Meek by getting him some food and water, and told him to run along the river till he gets to a town. He was found dead, a day later drowned in a river.