The Great Deperssion

 THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Entering the house, I saw my son Richard starting to cry.As his tears started dripping down on his cheek, I asked him “what’s wrong” then he said  “its mum she’s just lying there on the ground”.

I rush to see what was wrong with her.Her face was pale, her last words were don't, let my son die with hunger, she was dead.Elizabeth I cried who's going to look after him.

Then richard said “i'm hungry”.I thought to myself where will I get some food for him.Then I realized there was a rich family who would eat many kinds of food so I decided to take a big decision and stole  their food.

While I was walking, I saw children,women,and men crying. They were wanting their home back and looking for food and water. They were also looking for their loved ones.  I had remembered that yesterday the depression had started. All the stock markets went down.I had got fired and had no money to pay for the medication for my wife. I kept on thinking that its all my fault that she passed away.

then I just realized that I had just had met my distance I saw the house and luckily a window was open. There was heaps of food on the table I got a bit  of  food on the table and ran for my life.

But when I went back to my son, he was still crying I gave him the food then I realized that my house was torned down in front of my eyes.I was thinking what's going to happen where are we going to live were homeless.so we both found a dusty, muddy and duscuting spot and made a tent to live in out of rags ,cardboard,mealt and other bits and peices.

The next morning I told my son that I had to go to a factory to make a little bit of money for us.Then Richard said whos going to look after me.But as he was talking I told him that now you will just have to look after yourself, and stay in the tent until I come back to the tent ok.And no going out. But what if i'm hungry what will I eat well son we have no food we will just have to wait for the government to give us some coupons for food but as I was talking to my son I felt guilty because it kept on haunting me that I had to stolen food from others.

Then I said to Richard I need to go now if I don't you and I will starve and die or worse  could happen to us.So i hugged Richard shut the tent door and left. as I was walking to the factory I noticed all the grey clouds

and then I thought that this depression will be the longest and the most horrible

time of everyone's life.

But just then I saw the factory and as I in walked I saw many of people sweating and were desperate for money and for their loved ones.But on top of that I felt disgusted of the condition we all had to work in.From a place where there was a fan a more and now on fan,and noting we just

smelled all sorts of gases and toxic fumes.A time I had everything and now nothing but as I was thinking of that, one man next to me said to me it was ok and told me not to  worry everything will be fine

but when it was time to go home I counted how much money I got but barely enough to make a loaf of bread. but as I went home well I mean the horrible place I live now my son was just crying and crying   had hugged him again

and I thought quietly to myself how did all this happen nearly everyone  in the world have lost someone or the work and  now must be suffering.

By Neelisha Kumar

Clyde Quay School