LITTLE JOE'S
BIG ADVENTURE-WELL SORTA: As told by five year
old Little Joe Cartwright.
By: Lynne G.
I gots ta stay in my woom, cuz Papa saided I was a bery bad boy. I neber fought papa wouldn't be so mad at me. I neber meanted ta get in twuble. Papa panked my butt, and dat hurted.
I fink I bedda stoted at da beginn'. Here goes.
One
day I hearded papa tell Adam dat he hadded ta go ta
I dunt wanted papa ta go by hisself, so I's gonna follow him, but he dunt know dat yet. I wanna make sure dat bad mens dunt getted papa.
So when papa wode out of da yard, I snucked ta da bon and I's saddoed my pony, Staw. I walked Staw out of da bon, and I gots up on him and I wode off afta papa.
I could see papa a headed of me, but he neber sawed me. I hab neber wode my pony so far befoe, and I's was gettin' tired. I hadded ta keep my papa in sight, cuz I dunt wanna get losted. I was makin' sure no badded men gotts ta papa, but I was kinda scared tue.
I
sawed papa go inta
Den papa comed out of da bon, and he was walkin'. He walked ober ta a big buildin', and he wents in. So I's woded ober ta da bon and puted my pony next ta Buck. I tolded da man at da bon dat Staw needed ta be next ta Buck. He wooked at me kinda funny wike.
I wented ober ta dat big buildin' dat papa wented inta and I's opened da door ta wook in, and da ya know whated dat buildin' was--a bank. I wondered why papa comed all da way here ta go ta a bank?????
I dunt see papa anywheres. A bery nice wady comed ober ta me and she wanted ta help me. I tolded her I dunt see my papa, and I knowd he comed in here.
She asked me what my papa wooked wike, and I tolder her that he wooked wiked papa. She smiled at me, and she asked me what my name was, and I tolded her it was Widdle Joe. She asked me whats my wast name was . I tolded her it was Cotwight.
She smiled and tolded me dat papa was in dat woom wiv da closed door wiv Mr.Dawson.
She tooked my hand and tooked me ober ta da door, and she knocked on dat door. Someone in dat woom saided ta comed in, so the wady opened da door, and she wooked in and she tolded papa dat dare was someone ta see him. She tooked me inta dat woom.
Papa stooded up and his face gots a wed and he yelled JOSEPH FANCIS COTWIGHT, WHATS ON URF ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?????????? He was so maded at me at me and I gots scared and I cwied.
Da
wady and da man boff smiled at me. I wooked up at papa wiv me big puppy
doggy eyes, and I tolded him dat I was potectin' him from da baded men on
his way to
He picked me up and he satted down wiv me on his wap. He tolded Mr. Dawson dat he was sawee bout all dis twuble. Da man smiled and he tolded papa dat- dat wasn't a pobwum. I just satted dar on papa's wap, and I falled asweep.
Papa woked me up and said we needed to send a telegam home ta say I was wiv papa. Den we would hab some wunch, befoe we headed home.
I was a good boy and I's ated all my wunch. Papa dunt say much to me at wunch, cuz he was maded at me.
Den afta wunch, we headed ta da bon and papa saddoed da horsey's. He tied Staws reins ta Buck's saddoe horn. Den he put me up in da saddoe and he gots on behinded me, and we's woded home.
I falled ta sweep on da way home. Da next fing I knowed we was home, and I woked up and eberyone was wookin' at me. I fink day was all madded at me tue.
Den Hop Sing saided dinna was weady. No one hodwee said anyfing at dinna. I gots funny wooks from Adam and Hoss. I twided ta smile at dem, but days just shooked dare heads at me.
Afta dinna papa tolded me ta go tue my woom and dat he was comin' up tue in a few minutes. I tolded Adam and Hoss, night night, and day tolded me night night tue.
I was scared while I waited fer papa to comed up tue my woom. Whens he gots there, he undessed me and he putted my night shirt on me. He tolded me to say my payers. I did. Den he stoted ta tell me I was a bery bad boy, and he panked me weal hod. I was cwying so hoded cuz my butt hurted.
Papa gived me a hug and a kiss and he tolded me ta gets inta bed. He handed me BO, and he cubbered me up wiv my blanky's. He kissed me again and he tolded me dat he woved me. I tolded him dat I woved him tue.
I putted my fum in my mouf, and I felled ta sweep.
THE END
LITTLE JOE'S BIG ADVENTURE-WELL SORTA: As told by five year old Little Joe Cartwright.