The state of Illinois

Illinois

Hi I'm Allie Dawson I'm 12 years old and here is my story;on a warm sunny afternoon I was in a cruise ship going to Illinois.I was coming from Russia. I was with my family my mum my papa and my younger brother Eric. I was staring at the sea,when my mum said "look allie there's America!"I looked forward and saw a big statue.(hours later)
When we got of the cruise ship we got in a cab and went all the way to Springfield.When we got there we went inside a big house.I yelled "it looks like a castle!" We went inside and I looked inside it was huge! There was a drawing room a living room and much more. Eric and I went to choose bedrooms. I got a lovely pink bedroom while Eric got a light blue room. On the first day of school a mysterious boy was following me. I yelled "why are you following me"? The boy said "my name is Derek Winters and I'm going to school." The boy kept on following me and introduced himself. Later when we were in school I forgot my books I raised my hand and told the teacher I didn't have books. He said "well then borrow a piece of paper and a pen from a neighbor!" Derek was next to me so I borrowed from him. At the end of class the teacher told me to stay behind. I went to the front of his desk and he told me to stick my hand out and he got a ruler and slaped me in the knuckles ten times. When I got outside I saw my knuckles and they were white. I was walking down the road when I bumped in to Derek. I said "Watch out!" Derek started laughing I said "what's so funny"!? He said "I think your the one who should watch out." He kept on laughing all the way down to my house. He walked to the next house on the right and I yelled "is that your house" and he said "do you really not know anything about me" and he walked inside. Mum saw me get inside and said "how was your day"? I answered "it was alright,but papa needs to buy me books.""Alright said mum.(book skipped all the way to halloween) It was halloween night and me and Derek went trick or treating. My friendship with Derek grew so we were friends. A week later when I came back from school mum told me to go to the living room. I sat down in a fluffy armchair and mum came with tea. She started by saying "allie you are older than Eric and you will understand more,so let me tell you this..........I got a ransom on Monday but I really didn't care,but yesterday papa didn't come home I told myself that he might come late,but I started worrying all morning that something was wrong,but while you and Eric were at school,there was a note under the door,I opened it and saw... (sniffles) that you father was................... (sniffles)............murdered. I sat there wondering if this was a dream,I just sat there I just SAT. Two days from now my papa is going to have a funeral. Mum told Eric about it and he went to his room and he shut the door. FUNERAL a horrible word FUNERAL
Today is papa's funeral I stood there staring and my disgusting black dress. Papa would have liked if we wore colorful dresses. (TO BE CONTINUED )