The Orphans Letter

Chapter 1

Annabelle. A ten year old girl writing letters.
It all started on a crisp fall day in early November. Annabelle Wellington has lived in the Locket-ridge Orphanage for practically all her life. In fact her parents died when she was only nine months old due to Scarlet Fever.
Life in the orphanage isn't exceptionally great. They get fed beans only twice a day and are not allowed to go outside unless one of the sisters is willing to watch a group. For Annabelle that was torture, she lived to be outside, see the colors, breathe the clean air.
Sister Margret was always the one that would take her outside. She was the one Annabelle could go to if she needed help, or advice.
One day Annabelle ask Sister Margret to help her. Annabelle ask her "can you give me the addresses of as many families as you can?"
"Yes of course. What's the need for so many addresses?" Answered Sister Margret.
Annabelle knew she needed to come up with an excuse.
"Umm I need them for a lesson Sister Agatha is teaching us." Mumbled Annabelle.
Sister Margret then went on to do as Annabelle had ask her.
Annabelle began coming up with a plan. She was not sure how long it would take to pull off but it was worth a try. She also knew she could get in serious trouble is she went through with this and got caught. As the days past she did the same stuff everyday. Wake up, go to her lessons with Sister Agatha, go back to the room she shared with 17 other children, and do nothing but sit there and think. There was one thing that kept her company, her diary. She wrote in it quite often to pass the time. She wrote about what her life was like in the orphanage. Often times filling up multiple pages at a time with how boring it was there and how greatly she wanted to get out. Aside from her diary she also had a few friends. Abigail, Elizabeth, and Mary. The girls often passed the time playing games with stuff they found around the commorancy. Of course Sister Margret would make them small gadgets or toys such as corn cob dolls and little board games that they would spend hours playing. The four girls did everything together. They were practically sisters. Almost nothing could separate them, except Annabelle's urge to find a real home.