The land Flowing with Mil and Honey
The Land flowing with Milk and Honey
By Mary-Cate Elisabeth Taylor
also called
The Diary of Mary-cate
Chapter 1
The visitors
Mary-cate woke to the noise of talking.
“Uhhh?” I said. Then I knew that it was coming from down stairs. I got up and opened my door and when down the hall. Then stopped at a small door with a three flowers pained on it a rose a daisy and a tulip. And I slowly opened it. It was the room of my 3 younger sisters. All triplets. Sara,Suzanne and Sally. Flowers and the 3-S’s. At lest they are a sleep. Thought I and then shut the door. And saw My oldest Brother.
“Tom?”
“Mary! What are you doing?”
“I’ll ask the same of you.”
“Mary we got some visitors. O.K? Now go to bed!”
“Why? I wont to see the…………..”
“No! You can’t yet. Their sleeping.”
“Joe???” I was stunned to see My next older Brother coming up the hall. The the twin’s Bob and Billy after him and then my brother who was before me. Sam.
“Why are yo……….” I started.
“Mary go to bed NOW!!!!” Her brother’s yelled. Except Billy who said quietly. “Mary, please You will know all tomorrow”. Then turning to his other brothers he said quietly “Don’t yell you will wake the S’s! And Mary was all ways a light sleeper. In fact I ‘m shocked that she didn’t wake earlier!”
the boys glared at Bill. Then Tom sighed “Billy the Peace maker. Da always called you. And your smart for a 14 year old.”
I stared at him. It was strange to me a 17 year old submitting to 14 year old. I turned and went to my room. My door was pink with MARY written into it in blue. And went in side. The wall paper was pink with blue flowers on it. I lit a candle to see the Time. Good grief! It was 12:00! So I jumped into bed and fell a sleep.
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The next day I woke to the singing of birds. I was happy. But then I remember to visitors and got out of bed and got on my blue gingham dress. And ran out of my room into the hallway. Then I though were would we put guests. In the guest rooms down the hall! I turned and ran down the hall you see. I live in a Huge three story building. And it takes me 1 minute to get to the end of the hallway. When I got to the window that it at the end of the hallway. I stopped to deside which room to pick for we had 2 guest rooms. I was going to pick the right one I heard noises from the left. A crying noise. So I quietly opened the door and stared. There were 2 Beds in the room and in the middle of it.(The Beds are on each side of the room). Was a big old cradle. That my twin brothers used wen they were baby’s and the crying was coming from it. I went over to it and looked in. To baby’s looked at me. One was a black baby about 4 months old. The other was a red skinned baby about 6 months old. The red one cooed at me the other stopped crying softy and held up his arms as if he. I knew he wanted to pick him up, to pick him up. So very gently I did. He smiled at me. Then there was a scream rent the air I turned to the Left and a black girl was there, hand over mouth and very scared. A voice called out.
“Hey!” and them chaos came over us. Every thing happened so fast that I will have to tell you what happen in slow motion. I turned to see a big strong girl my age with red skin stand up and rush at me. The other baby in the cradle was crying loudly. I heard, My father yelling and running to the room. Then I was on the floor the girl standing over me with the baby boy in her arms. My Head hurt and my da was there and scilce came over us 6.
“Tiger-eye why did you do that?” asked the trembling voice of the black girl.
“Nubia! Look I Woke up. To a scream. What an I sopse to do? Ignore it? Then I saw that girl holding Timmy. Then I do what I do normaly, charge!”
“But were safe!”
“No we’re not. We aren’t safe yet! Not even now in Canada we ain’t safe utill Some one makes a law that slaves are free!”
“You’re safe with us.” said a deep voice.
“No Mr. Taylor, Not even with you!”
“What happened here?” Mr. J. H. Taylor asked Me. “Well……” and I toled da what happened at 12:00 a.m, when I woke up 2 minuets ago. Wal Tiger-eye and Nubia made their beds.“Then you came in and you know the rest.”
“Ah.” da said. Then he called as he left us kids “I’ll get you some proper clothes.” I turned to the girls. Tiger-eye shut the door. Completely ignoring me got out of her night gown. After that went to a small sack in a corner of the room. Opening it got some, I was shocked to see. Boy clothes, ripped and in taters. But still, a shirt and holes at the knee pants. I saw Nubia take off her night gown, My old favorite night gown. I had to stop my self from grabing it.