Retelling of Paul Revere by Rus

Rus is memorizing "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."  He used that poem as a launching point for this creative writing assignment.

Time for Truth!

by

Aidan Piercey 

                In crowded Middlesex village there was a cozy house where the Reveres lived. It was a beautiful day when Paul went for his magnificent morning stroll. Suddenly the church bells started ringing. Pauljumped out of bed and flew out the door.  Paul was a silversmith , for his father had died and Paul , who had worked with his father before, took over the shop when he was young. He kept a tight schedule.  Here is some of it. Sweep past the British lines. Don't get killed...and so on. Paul did not work for the army until he was a man. He never missed action.

                One sunny day Paul was very bored. He tried counting sheep. Then he fired at practice targets.  He even counted the amount of lambs and pig and cows that plowed passed . Suddenly he noticed a flame. Even though it was just a camp fire, Paul, who wanted some fun, ran to ring the bells. The enormous bells boomed. After everyone found that it was only a campfire they yelled at Paul.

                After the excitement died down ,Paul, who was tired of running around, saddled his horse and rode through town pretending that British were coming .  Suddenly men poured out of their small

houses and waited. Nothing happened. Paul ran to his house. Then later when he was taking his

morning stroll, he actually saw the British. He ran through yelling, "The British are coming!"  All the men stayed in their houses. They didn't listen.  Suddenly Paul woke up startled from his dream. It was time for his famous midnight ride. He would not lie this time or ever again.