© 2007-2010 Gail Nobles. All rights reserved
It was a year of war and things were very hard. The cost of labor was going down, angry mobs were in the streets, people were stealing and killing, people were sleeping in cardboard boxes, some sat by cooking fires covered with heavy blankets and quilts,
people were out of jobs, and even rich people were not getting paid enough. Dreams were turned into nightmares. Many women were crying over their sons because some of them were drafted to fight in the war. Preachers preached and thoughts of Jesus gave some people a little faith. Many people were praying, but some people stopped praying. Some died because their hearts were broken. Some felt that they had nothing to live for because the world had nothing to offer. It was a great depression.
It was a changing time and nobody knew two black teenage sisters named Martha and Mary. Together they were called the Cookie Twins because they both loved cookies. Martha had a loud crunch whenever she ate her cookies. She ate very fast and would often bite her tongue. Mary just crammed her cookies in her mouth greedily. The problem was their grandmother. She never fed them much. Whenever they ate a cookie, they ate every crumb. Martha and Mary’s favorite cookie was chocolate chip cookies.
people were out of jobs, and even rich people were not getting paid enough. Dreams were turned into nightmares. Many women were crying over their sons because some of them were drafted to fight in the war. Preachers preached and thoughts of Jesus gave some people a little faith. Many people were praying, but some people stopped praying. Some died because their hearts were broken. Some felt that they had nothing to live for because the world had nothing to offer. It was a great depression.
It was a changing time and nobody knew two black teenage sisters named Martha and Mary. Together they were called the Cookie Twins because they both loved cookies. Martha had a loud crunch whenever she ate her cookies. She ate very fast and would often bite her tongue. Mary just crammed her cookies in her mouth greedily. The problem was their grandmother. She never fed them much. Whenever they ate a cookie, they ate every crumb. Martha and Mary’s favorite cookie was chocolate chip cookies.
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| © 2007-2010 Gail Nobles |
The hungry cookie girls had a stingy grandmother. There grandmother had plenty for them to eat, but the girls were always starving. She fed them oatmeal with no sugar because sugar was very scarce. Their lemonade was always bitter. The stingy grandmother kept bags of sugar piled up in storage room. She fed them hard, stale, and old as Methuselah homemade cookies out of a cookie jar. The Cookie Twins called them jawbreakers. Martha almost broke her tooth trying to eat them. Mary just gave hers to her dog named Sniffles that sat under the kitchen table.
Whenever Sniffles went out to hunt for food, he would bring it home to the girls. The hound dog was a very good dog to the girls. He looked out for them. Sometimes he would leave the girls and would go to the city to steal food off of the streets. Sometimes Sniffles would hunt for birds in the woods. Whenever he brought food home, granny would end up getting the best of it. Because of her, the girls were not always lucky.
The best food was cooked for a fat and jolly old man that came over to visit their grandmother. The two sisters were always sent to their room whenever there was company. They were not treated like granddaughters. Whenever the girls were sent to their room, they would sneak around in their grandmother’s storage room instead. It was full of homemade, soft, fresh, and sweet cookies. The Cookie Twins would sit down on the floor and eat some of them. Martha and Mary never got caught. But Martha had a loud crunch that could give her away. Mary always crammed her cookies in a hurry whenever she thought her grandmother was coming.
Later on that day, the Cookie Twins sneaked into their room while their grandmother was still sitting and talking in the kitchen.
Martha and Mary thought that it was time for bigger and better things in life. They sat up late at night reading a story from the Bible. They read about a land flowing with milk and honey. The Cookie Twins would visualize and fantasize about it every day and night. Then they decided that they would run away from home to find that good land, but that is another story.
The best food was cooked for a fat and jolly old man that came over to visit their grandmother. The two sisters were always sent to their room whenever there was company. They were not treated like granddaughters. Whenever the girls were sent to their room, they would sneak around in their grandmother’s storage room instead. It was full of homemade, soft, fresh, and sweet cookies. The Cookie Twins would sit down on the floor and eat some of them. Martha and Mary never got caught. But Martha had a loud crunch that could give her away. Mary always crammed her cookies in a hurry whenever she thought her grandmother was coming.
Later on that day, the Cookie Twins sneaked into their room while their grandmother was still sitting and talking in the kitchen.
Martha and Mary thought that it was time for bigger and better things in life. They sat up late at night reading a story from the Bible. They read about a land flowing with milk and honey. The Cookie Twins would visualize and fantasize about it every day and night. Then they decided that they would run away from home to find that good land, but that is another story.
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