Pilgrim Life with Scholastic News

pilgrim

's

life

hello I'm Isaac Allerton Here I am with my parents and my older sister Sarah we live in Plymouth I heard you wanted to see what our lives are like come on I'll show you it's morning and the chickens are hungry come on. We go to the chicken coop, if we are lucky, we might get some eggs, the chickens come out, that's it, the mother says that if we are going to sit down, we might as well help the family by grinding corn. We find corn kernels in a powder called corn flour. we can use the corn flour to make corn porridge Sarah's mother needs help with the clothes, she and Sarah wash them in the stream and then put them in the sun to dry.

The sun dried clothes smell very fresh and clean and also feel a little crunchy as the clothes dry mother and Sarah walk into the forest to pick some juicy berries I hope they save some for me in the meantime father needs help getting water from the spring father carries the water on a yoke don't spill anything father you pour the water into a barrel for the goats to drink the waiter will milk the goats and turn the milk into cheese now we all gather again in the garden so many vegetables and herbs are ripe and ready for harvesting it's great that everything is growing so well because if we want to eat we need a good garden here in the corn field all our hard work is paying off look at all this corn we all work together to harvest our tasks are not finished yet Sarah and I put together pieces of wood for the fire I might be bothering Sarah a little by putting it on her apron a little too loudly.

I may get into trouble later while searching for more wood. Sarah returns home. Her mother is very happy that we brought the wood because she needs it. She uses it to cook, she uses it to make fire. A roaring fire can make the house pretty hot, especially when it's hot outside, but we love all the delicious food she cooks. Here we are grinding corn again. Sometimes it feels like we are always grinding corn. corn, well, better that than not having corn to grind, mom says her chores are done for now and we can take a break, play, first we play, I call, I throw the ball to the ceiling and then one of us has to shout the name of who is going to catch him next, what should we play next?

Sara loves 9 pins, you throw the ball and try to knock down the pins. The mother finally did her chores too, she joins us and we all play cheese making that we're not really making. cheese, it's what we call going around and fooling around. I am so hungry. It's good that mom made such a big dinner. She made duck with cranberries and onion. Quail with carrots and corn porridge. We pick up most of the food with our hands we have to clean our hands a lot the sun is setting mom braids Sarah's hair before Ben I'm already in bed because I'm exhausted Sara and I share a mattress on the floor Sara will sleep on his side of the bed after mom made our house may be small but it is perfect for us to sleep well the

life

of the

pilgrim