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=Heather Hughes: Fever: Laurie Halse Anderson=

Matilda is a very hard working young lady. She does everything her mother ask her to do and sometimes even more. She is a very out going person. She lives back when they didn't have much to give or receive so she worked her hardest. Dear Diary, This morning was going great, until a Miskito started buzzing in my ear while I was asleep, then my mother entered my room hollering for me to get up and start on my chores. So I woke up and found a dead rat! so I just tossed it out to the garden. After I went down to the kitchen my mother, my pore mother was worrying where Polly was, I said to her, mother don't you worry she is always late, shes probably just down at the blacksmith with that boy Mathew. There is nothing to worry about. But mother of course was still worrying so I offered to go looking for her but instead since I had so many chores, Mother went. After a few hours mother came through the front gate and through the door with a strange look on her face. I asked what was wrong but it took her a second to respond. When she did, she said Polly was dead. Dear Diary, This is still the same day that I found out that Polly died. I had asked mother to go see the family but then she said no. So then i asked her if I could go to her funeral. And she said no, I was so upset that I went off on her, which was something I wish I had not done. So then later that day she said she had to go to the store, but she had looked way to tired so I said ill go for her, and grandpa agreed. That the moment that I finally got to leave the house. Dear Diary, When I arrived at the store I saw Mr.Epler and Mrs.Epler. Mr.Epler didn't talk but Mrs.Epler did. Her and I talked about the fever rumors that have been going around and how she say's that the fever is God's way of punishing the people who don't worship him. But the people that do worship him are going to be fine through it all. After we were done talking at her stall I moved on to Mr.Owens stall, he had apologized for the pore looking cabbages. But since the cabbages were so pore looking it was easy to talk him into lowering the price. Next I moved to a lemon stall. I scratched one and smelt it, And decided to buy it. After I purchased the lemon I moved on. While on my way to the next stall a person grabbed my basket and swung me around. It was Nathaniel Benson. After we talked for a while he told me he was going fishing and had asked if I would like to join him. I said yes, and right before we were heading out to go the church bell rang. He had asked me why it was ringing since it wasn't even time for it to ring, but once it did the whole store hushed and looked at the bell. The butcher looked out at everyone and said "Another person dead." Dear Diray, After we got back from the tea party my mother made me go to we sent letters out to the people who invited us but they never responded, which didnt realy bother me much. The day after that we had a huge thunder storm it cleared the air realy well. After all this we got a letter from "On the advice from the college of physicians" it said that 1st everyone should avoid the sick. 2nd it said that all of the infected home should be marked. 3rd it said sick people should be placed in the center of large airy rooms without curtains and should be kept clean. 4th it said that we all must supply a hospital for the poor. 5th it said all bell tolling must stop at once. 6th it said that the dead should be burried privatly. 7th it said that the streets and wharves must be kept clean. 8th it said that all people should avoid being in the sun, drafts, and evining air. 9th it said that everyone should avoid fatigue of the body and mind. 10th it said that all people should dress appropreatly for the weather. And finaly 11th it said that everyyone should consume alcohol in moderation. Dear Diray, I was so happy that they had to stop ringing that stupid bell. I never liked it. Grandpa never understood why so many people was scared and ran. I understood but he didnt. The doctors are warning people that we might see a thousand dead before the fever is gone. Me and grandpa were on the way home as we say a old man walking the same way we tried to stop him but we couldnt. As we got closer and closer we thought he was sick and he got closer to the house so grandpa freaked out and started telling the man to get away. So we got a little closer and the man turned around and dumped his cargo on the sidewalked I looked at it and instintly screamed "Mother!!!". She was still alive so we grabed her and took her inside. She never opened her eyes until we got her into bed and grandpa said all she needs is a little rest.