The Life of Abraham Lincoln
A Narration by TJ Lawson
Today, I’m going to tell you about a man named Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th President.
He was born in Kentucky in the year of 1809 on a Sunday morning in a cabin. This cabin had only one room. But, Abraham’s parents and his sister Sally made do. He grew very fast. He didn’t wear pants for a while. Children his age just wore a long shirt that was shorter than the length of a dress.
Abraham’s father was always tilling the fields on the farm they lived on. When he got tired of tilling the fields he would always say, “I reckon we’ll be moving”. Soon, Abraham’s father bought a farm in a place called Knob Creek. Even before Abraham could wear pants, he was able to help his father on the farm. Later on, Abraham’s father shot a buck. When he brought it home, Abraham’s mother took the skin and made it into a pair of pants. The way to hold the pants up was to make a strap that’s attached to the front of the pants, goes over the shoulder and then it attaches on the back of the pants.
Now, he was old enough to go to school with his sister Sally. They learned reading, and writing. They went to a one-room school where all the children in the valley went. They didn’t read their lessons to themselves like we do today. They read them aloud at the same time. It was so loud that you could hear a long way from the schoolhouse. The funny thing is that, Abraham learned to read and write when he was 6 years old, and then after that, he didn’t go to school much anymore.
He played with a boy that lived on a hill that was close to the valley he lived on. There was a brook that was between the valley and the hill where his friend lived. In order for people to get across the brook, they crossed a log that was above the brook. Then, it rained really hard. The brook was running very fast. And, it made the log slick. Abraham ran across the log and he slipped, and fell into the water. Luckily, Abraham’s friend was there. If it hadn’t been for him, he would’ve drowned.
Then, Abe’s father said it was time to move. So, they traveled, and traveled, and traveled. They traveled more than 100 miles. Then, they came to the new state of Indiana. They went into the woods and found a place called Little Pigeon Creek. There, they built their new home. They made a small shelter. They took the skins from bears, and dried leaves for Abe and Sally to sleep on. There was winter, but then, spring came.
Soon, Abe’s mother died ☹. Luckily, their new mother brought things that Abe could use to study since the school was so far from where they lived ☺.
Abe got older, and taller. We all know Abraham Lincoln as a very tall and thin man. Well, now he was starting to look like somebody that we would think Abraham Lincoln would. By this point, Abe knew a lot about politics, and things that lawyers and people that worked with the president would know. And, that’s what Abe wanted to be.
One of the things Abe did was, he would go into to the woods, and as he was walking, he would make speeches as if he was talking to all the woodland creatures. Sometimes, he would even stand on top of tree stumps as if he was the president. Then he became President. Then, The Civil War started. Abe wanted to find someone who would end the war. Then, Abraham found the general that would end the Civil War. His name was General Grant. Not only did Abe become America’s 16th president, he freed slaves because, he disliked slavery. So, he freed the slaves.
So, if you asked me if Abraham Lincoln was a good man, I would tell you, “He was a very good man.”
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