The Lockwoods: A Short Story

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There was once a town located near what would now be called northern Minnesota. Everyone in the town was very poor. That is, all but one family, the Lockwoods. They became so wealthy due to their very successful timber business. While everyone in the town lived in small houses and eat an average diet, the Lockwoods lived in an enormous mansion. Their land was over 50 acres and the house covered around half of it. They had 20 servants to do all the cooking and cleaning as well as the laundry, personal chauffer’s to drive them to wear ever they wanted to go and anything else that the would every need. The Lockwoods had only one child, a 12-year-old boy named Johnny. Although he had spent his whole life spoiled with the benefits of his parents …show more content…

But she knew that everyone in town knew the Lockwoods and that he was their son. Nobody in town would even dare cause any harm to him for fear of what such a powerful family can do to them. One night in the Lockwood house both of Johnny’s parents were sitting in their den reading by the fireplace while Johnny playing with some of this toys. They received a phone call, it was Johnny’s grandmother. She had called to say that she was very very sick and needed some help. Johnny’s grandfather had passed away a few months ago and his grandmother was living on her own since then. The stress of losing her husband of 60 years and having to take care of herself was getting to be too much. She was hoping that they would all come to her for the week and help her as she got better. Unfortunately, both of Johnny’s parents wouldn’t give up a week for her because they had to manage their business. But Johnny who was on winter break had the time to go and visit. He begged and pleaded with his parents to let him go. After a long night of debating they finally agreed to let him go. But they couldn’t drop him off at her house because she lives a few towns away and they would miss work. So the plan was that the next morning one of the drivers would take Johnny to his grandmother’s

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