The Plague It was a dark day for Gregory Thomas, he just lost his mother to the terrible sickness that was taking over his very small village. The village he lived in had very strict rules, the King didn’t want anyone to know anything. He barley let anyone have freedom to have of their own opinions, Gregory hated that because he was a very curious child, he also hated where he lived, it smelled really bad because people used the bathroom outside and butchers would throw the parts they didn’t want outside. He just wanted to make it out and he wanted to be rich, not have to worry about anything. They lived about 30 miles away from London, in a small village. Every day he saw his mother’s body lying there right in front of their home. Gregory …show more content…
He did not believe that though because that’s what the leaders of where he lived told everyone. No one could know what was happening they had to believe what they were told. Gregory looked out his window, wind blowing his long blonde hair back. ‘’Greg time for diner’’, says his father. Gregory is alone almost every day, his father has to work a lot because the sickness has been killing mostly everyone at his job, there is a shortage, Gregory’s father, Jim, is a coal miner. At diner they did not talk to each other about what happen to his mother, instead they talked about insects, Gregory’s favorite thing to learn …show more content…
‘’He should be home now’’ says Gregory. But sometimes his father does work late to make more money. While waiting for his father he falls asleep, Gregory wakes up and still no sign of his Father. He probably slept over at work think Gregory. He goes back to the town to learn more about The Plague. This time after no one gives him any information, an old man talks to Gregory, and he told him how he thinks it came from rats, now it all made a lot more since to Gregory since all those new ships came in. That night his Father still never came