You wake up, to find your dad and Sean missing.
"Relax," she tells you,"They've gone to start building
our new house. They've found the location, and are gathering wood
right now."
"I want to help!" you scream, grabbing a fat piece of wood
and a rock. You carve a sharp edge on one side of the wood and test it
on a small tree. It marks the tree and you wander off to find your
dad.
"Come back here!" your mom calls,"I need you to help
watch Teresa! You do such a great job! You saved her when she could
have drowned!"
"What does THAT have to do with it?" you call back, in no
mood to watch a cranky baby today.
"Please, I need you!" your mom begs.
"No! I want to do something besides chores and play with the
baby! I want to help Dad!" you scream. You hear Sean yelling his
warning for no reason in particular as a tree falls to the ground. You
watch dad drag the tree onto his home-made trailer and go to chop
another tree. He has a home-made ax in hand, just like yours.
"Dad! Can I help?" you yell.
"This is pretty hard work, you know," your dad answers.
"Yeah, probably too hard for a baby like you!" Sean
screams,"Oh by the way, Timberrrrr!" You notice the tree had
fallen down a minute ago and scowl at him. You whack your ax against
the tree trunk as if you were hitting a baseball with a bat.
"Watch out!" a sudden voice calls.
"Sean! Dad!" you cry, getting up and walking around. You
turn around. Your mom is sitting there, feeding Teresa some baby food.
