Calico Classics Illustrated: Great Expectations

Calico Classics Illustrated: Great Expectations — page 7
I slipped away during his dosing and hid my guilty bread in my tiny bedroom Then just before bed I heard guns in the distance Another convict off Joe said I was on fire with questions What convicts did he mean Where had they come from Who was firing at them My sister glared at me From the prison ships in the river she snapped I wondered aloud about who was put into prison ships and why they might be put there My sister flew into a rant about how the murderers and robbers aboard the ship began their evil ways by asking too many questions Then she sent me to bed I barely got any sleep knowing I must rob the pantry at dawn When the black of night turned to gray I grabbed a load of food nearly at random in my panic over being caught Then I took a file from the forge and ran for the misty marshes 10