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Melissa Paterson: A Short Story

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On the Fields’s Farm there was a slave named Melissa Paterson. She worked really hard for her food at the end of the day. At the end of the day she had to sleep in an old shack, which wasn’t very comfortable. Melissa’s job was to feed the animals. If she didn’t feed the animals she would get hit really hard. One day Mr. Fields hit her really hard and his daughter Zoey saw him and asks “Why”? He just said “She didn’t do her job”! To Melissa Zoey looked sad. Zoey thought “I have to do something about her”! And that’s what she would do. That night Zoey went to Melissa’s shack. She woke her up and said “I know how to get you free”. Melissa looked puzzled. Melissa asked “How”? “Well down by the river is a path to the Underground Railroad”.
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