Old times essays

Old times essays A long time ago, back in covered wagon times, a big explosion hit the wild wild west. Unfortunately, everyone survived though it. They discovered they had to wear radiation suits or space type suits to cut down on the radiation. Every thing was just gone and there was nothing left but a few lakes that were contaminated still and some shrapnel sitting around. Everyone decided to go to the big lake nearby. Two specific people in the group John and Bill, were younger, around 16 and 17. They were faster at getting to the lake because they wanted water. They brought some pots and pans and supplies for a fire because it was a long trip getting there. They decided to stay there for the night. They boiled the water to make it edible to drink. They then went fishing to catch some catfish. They cooked them, then they went to sleep on the cold dirt. The next morning John and Bill forgot that they had to be in school. So they hurried up and ran to school all dirty from the ground. Back then there was only one class that covered 2 subjects: trigonometry and spelling. The class was relatively small. It only had 3 kids. John, Bill, and a girl, Jill. After they learned the little bit of spelling and math they went to play in the big open field nearby. They had lots of fun, then when night came they made a big fire and cooked some marshmallows. They all sat in a circle of the fire and told ghost stories. The next day they decided to skip school and wonder around and explore. They suddenly remembered they had a treasure hidden somewhere. So they went to Bills house because he had the map hidden in his room. They got the map and then began hunting. They followed all the directions and finally after about 6 hours of walking and swimming they came across the big X on the ground. They dug at it for a few hours with 2 or 3 shovels and eventually got to the treasure chest. They opened it and discovere ...