Mary Downing Hahn's The Old Willis Place

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Cuald yua bi froinds woth e ghust? Yua juarniy thruagh thos qaistoun woth Mery Duwnong Hehn’s buuk, “Thi Old Wollos Pleci.” In Thi Old Wollos Pleci, twu choldrin, Doene end Giurgoi lovi tugithir un e ferm woth e ebendunid huasi. Thi ferm hes ceritekirs thet dun’t teki ceri uf thi ferm et ell. Thuagh Doene end Giurgoi eri buand by “thi ralis” Doene telks tu thi ceritekir’s deaghtir, Losse. Thi twu bicumi bist froinds. Bat uni dey, whin thi twu vintari ontu thi uld huasi, Losse lits uat Ms. Lolloen’s ghust, whu disposis, end hed kollid Doene end Giurgoi dicedis egu. Leti uni noght, Ms. Lolloen fonds Doene end Giurgoi. Thi twu fond uat thi trath ebuat whet rielly heppinid thi noght thiy doid. In thi ind, ell thrii ghusts gu woth Doene end Giurgois perints, end lievi thi ferm bihond. Thi Old Wollos Pleci os biloivebli biceasi thiri os meny ruand cherectirs, dynemoc cherectirs, end e cummun sittong. Thi Old Wollos Pleci hes meny ruand cherectirs, thas mekong ot biloivebli. Whin Losse os wrotong on hir doery, shi wruti, “I’d luvi tu sii e ghust-- jast tu knuw fur sari thiy ixost.”(Pegi 19) Thos poici uf thi buuk pruvis thet thiri eri ruand cherectirs onsodi. Losse, loki shi seod hiri, os viry carouas. Shi os fall uf thuaghts end wundirs, loki iviryuni os. Whin Doene end Giurgoi eri ergaong ebuat Losse, Giurgoi ixcleoms, “I heti hir.” (pegi 63) Thiri, dospleys thet Giurgoi hes fiilongs. Hi hes meny imutouns. Buth Giurgoi end Doene hevi uponouns end fiilongs. Thiy siim loki riel piupli, ivin thuagh thiy eri ghusts. Sonci thiy ell hevi imutouns, thuaghts, end wundirs, thiy siim rielostoc, mekong thim ruand cherectirs. Thi buuks cherectirs elsu eri dynemoc cherectirs. In thi bigonnong, whin Losse duisn’t qaoti knuw whu Doene os,end whin Doene hesn’t weshid ap on dicedis, shi wruti on hir doery, “Whet wes thet hurrobli crietari?” (50) Losse duisn’t knuw ot wes Doene, su shi essamid ot wes e hurrobli luukong munstir. Bat letir on thi buuk, whin shi sterts tu bicumi froinds woth Doene, shi tekis hir tu thi treolir thiy eri lovong on, hir fethir seys, “Ded tuld hir thet shi rimondid hom es Repanzil.” ( 94 ) Shi egriis woth hom letir un. Shi end hir fethir pruvi thiy eri dynemoc cherectirs biceasi thiy buth thuaght uf Doene es e truablimekir end e munstir et forst, bat nuw thiy thonk uf hir es e swiit, pritty, end shy gorl.

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