Uncle Tom's Short Story: Little Boy Blue

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It all happened on the Johnson farm… It was around 3am they suspect. It was a peaceful morning until papa barged in with a long gray beard to say, “How in the world is the sheep in the meadow, and the cow in the corn!?” he shouted from the kitchen window. “Oh no… I checked the gates before I sent the kids off to their spot honey, I don’t know what could’ve unlocked them,” mama exclaimed with her long beautiful hair in braids as she cooked breakfast. “Well Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, let’s round em’ up before we eat,” papa demanded. “Yes sir…”petite,responsible, Little Boy Blue huffed. “Son, how do we figure out who did this or how it happened?” asked Papa. “ I don’t know Papa,” sneered …show more content…

Brooklyn was a middle aged woman who is a very close family friend, who just happens to be a detective. Mama and Papa sat in the wooden bench to the north of the fire pit. Little Boy Blue, the animal keeper sat with his little brother Mark, who has a very goofy, strong personality. Sabrina who’s very smiley and courageous, sat with her big sister Cali, who’s very tall,beautiful, and shy on the east side of the fire pit. Brooklyn sat alone, on the south-east side of the fire pit to hear all sides of the …show more content…

Papa led Brooklyn and the rest of the family tothe basement where the camera screens are and played the cameras back to around 3am, which is the time suspected that the cow and sheep were let out. As they watched the video, they saw that Sabrina had fallen asleep and while she was asleep her sneaky sister slept-walked outside and opened the gate!! “Case cracked,” hollored detective Brooklyn, “So really, it was Cali and Sabrina’s fault both… I’ll let you parents figure it out from here.” “Really guys, I know this was just an accident and you don’t realize that you did it but this is a big deal and I’m going to have to punish you, I’m sorry girls” Papa huffed in disbelief. “I’m so sorry Papa!!” The girls replied at the same time. “It’s alright girls, but I’m gonna have to have you clean the barn out twice a week for the next month, deal?” Papa asked. “Deal,” Cali answered. “Yes… deal,” Sabrina said. “Thanks for all of your help Brooklyn, we can take it from here. Enjoy your night,” said

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