The words in the attic

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*Present*

1990 September 1

12:00 am

Dear, my friend

I know we have not talked for a bit now. An I will apologize for that.

But my family and me We'r moving. And we have been packing.

I am going in to the freshman year know and I am not very exited for it.

I really wish you where still hear with me. I fell dead inside like a dead mashed coon after mama frieze it up.

Y'all know bout theaccident a few years ago. mom said that's why we are leaving her. I am going crazy. I need you hear.

Your late friend,

Billy.P.

My name is billy puckit. I am a only

chilled in this family and I kinde of regret being hear on earth.

I don't like it hear. I am sick of filling like there is nothing hear for me.

Mama always tells me that I'll do something grate one day. But I know I still have a while to go before that really happens.

She also ses that my life is like

Climbin a mountin. She ses that Cus it's true y'all don't want to stop climbin tell y'all get to the top.

But I always that this out Cus y dus mama say that when we don't got lots of mountains where we live.

But one day I will know. I gess it just ante my time to know yet but y'all wate sum day I will. I'll know

My friend Sammy James. I rite to him every night. I don't know y I do this Cus well Sammy died a cupel months ago. and I can't not feel that it was my fault

Cus what made this happen was my Idea. I so dumb I will never for get this.

Billy's idea was planed to be safe. It was all though out and planed.

They decided to go to the leak well swap thay had spent a long time and ther diving bord thing thay made.

Thay had made it tall enough to tuch the bottom. and thay got some kind of floting mattress and billy jumped of the dock and will Sammy jumped of there thing that thay had mad billy hit the mattress first and then Sammy

it definitely worked Sammy whent flying though the air and wap hit the water.

He poped his head out of the water and immediately started laughing so did billy.

*Billy*

That dogon thing worked Sammy. he chuckled.

Sammy just smiled and chuckled back.

Hey billy boy ? Sammy coled.

What?

Do y'all whant to do that to? It's funner than a dog chasing a catfish.

Billy quickly nodded his head!

Ok then. Sammy answered.

We repeted it agen but I didn't go anywhere neither did Sammy we gust jumped and well we just sat there notin hapind

Well that was fun. I looked at Sammy.......

Hahahahahhaha hahaha! o billy that was as flat as a squished bug. you didn't go no where.

Well Sammy you are like a stickbug and me well I'm a a.... Joonbug!

Sammy just lafed at me. well billy join bugs don't like water it that y you whent no where.

He started to splash billy and billy splashed back at his.

The to boys laughter filed the air and a game of king of the swamp took plack.

Billy was wining. he finally got Sammy of the mattress. and sat and whacked Sammy in the water Laughing. but that was the end of there fun.