Abigail's "Squint and the old man"

In this story, is "tower", is "Squint",
is "rake", is "working gloves", and is "tree".


liked to climb a that was next to his house . The was always deserted. One day, while was up at the , an old man came and said,"What are you doing on top of my ?" was quite surprised. He answered,"I didn't know this was your ." The old man answered angrily ,"Well it is." thought of something he could do for the old man."Can I do something for you so you'll let me climb your ?" The old man thought for a long time and then he said,"You can the leaves from my ."smiled and said,"Thank you.Can I just go get my dad's ?" "Sure." ,answered the old man. went home and got the gloves.When went back to the tower the old man had a in his hand. got the leaves raked up in no time.From then on, went every afternoon to climb the .

  

The End


Story by: Abigail, age 10

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