by Eliza
Four years ago my grandparents sold my favorite house. It was called Sugar Field farm. Sugar field farm was an hour away from a grocery store and a half an hour away from anybody. No matter how far away it was from anything I could always find something to do. On weekends or in the summer my family and I would drive the hour-long drive to sugar field farm. Sometimes my thirteen cousins would join us. There was a pool, a barn and huge huge fields. It was always beautiful and fresh there. Every time I went to Sugar Field Farm I felt like a whole new person. I could just forget about the awful and think about the great.
One summer all of my cousins and I went up there for the week. The older ones that could climb built an enormous tree fort. And the little ones just sat there watching us. There were blankets hanging from all the branches and pillows resting against the trunk. We made a clothes line out of string that held our coats and shoes. I remember all of us sitting in one strait long line on a branch at the top of the tree drinking lemonade for hours and talking about everything.
To the left of the tree was a garden no one took care of it because there were others gardens to take care of. All my cousins decided to fix it up and plant fresh new vegetables and fruit in it. We went in the garage and look for seeds and shovels after a half an hour we were ready to plant. Days later the garden was done. It was so green and fresh. It was called the kids garden because only the kids could go in it.
Unfortunately it was too much work for my grandparents. So we had to sell it. When we sold it I felt like there was a hole in my heart I knew that the only way to fill it was to get the house back. I figured that if I could keep the memories of the house then maybe the hole would fill. But for the first year it was really hard not having that place. Now a family owns it and they are destroying the barn and the pool. The tree that we built all our forts in was cut down and the garden is gone. Even when nothing is left I will always remember that peaceful place and all the memories of playing with my cousins and swimming in the pool.
Hope Perkins (unauthenticated)
Feb 19, 2010 5:10 PM
Great story Eliza! i can imagine a place where you could just relax and be free. the story itself was very discriptive and keeps the reader wanting more. im sorry that you had to sell the farm. :( I cant believe those new owners tore down everything! I hate those people. Anyway that was a great story!
Emily (unauthenticated)
Feb 20, 2010 3:55 PM
Great story Eliza i am sorry that your grandparents sold it it sounded just like my nanas house with the trees and stuff it was very discripive. Great story Eliza keep it up.
Lexi (unauthenticated)
Feb 21, 2010 3:33 PM
that is so sad!!! I sort of know how you feel because my parents are selling one of my favorite houses in vermont called Chickadee Hill Farm. luckily they haven't sold it yet...anyway, really good and discriptive.
Ryan (unauthenticated)
Feb 21, 2010 3:56 PM
Eliza-
Good job creating a story that was so descriptive. It painted a great picture in my mind. I have never really been on a farm/house, but now I have a good idea on what it might be like. I'm sorry that everything was torn down, but I'm glad you have such distinct memories so could tell us that story. Great Job!
-Ryan
Alex (unauthenticated)
Feb 21, 2010 4:36 PM
Great story Eliza i am sorry that your grandparents sold it!!!!!!!!! it was very discripive. Great story, keep it up.
Keegan Whitelaw (unauthenticated)
Feb 21, 2010 6:50 PM
Good story Eliza! I loved it. It sounds like a peaceful place! You were very discriptive on the whole place!
I loved the story a lot! I loved how you built the garden! Keep up the good work!
Your Friend, Keegan
Darby (unauthenticated)
Feb 21, 2010 7:46 PM
Eliza.
That was a very nice story! I'm sorry it is gone! I would feel very sad too if something so special to me was gone. You did a very good job discribing everything. Keep up the good work!!!!
-Darby
Garrett Rawlings (unauthenticated)
Feb 21, 2010 7:53 PM
Eliza that was a amazing story. it so sad the people who bought it cut it down. you did a very good job editing it and it was very discriptive. it know how you felt because my grandma sold a house i loved. anyway it was very good.
-Garrett
Parker Jones (unauthenticated)
Feb 21, 2010 7:59 PM
That was a great story Eliza. I really liked the part when you and your cousins built the fort that was awsome
Jodi (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 2:28 PM
I love the sound of this place... I think we all have places like this in our memories!!!
Evan Rocks!!:) (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 2:41 PM
I agree with Jodi, we all have places like this in our memories! If they somehow figure out how to cut down baldy and dollor for money and they actually cut bolth mountains down, the memory will live in my heart forever. Anyways, the story was really discriptive and i could tell how much you loved the place.
Evan Rocks!!!:)
carson (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 2:48 PM
great story i loved the detale
carson
Hannah (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 2:53 PM
Eliza,
Your story was really cool. I know everyone has places like that, where they feel free and not obligated to worry about anything. I also know how it feels when you sell a place and the people who buy it ruin it. I think you described that part well, because I could tell you felt that loss when you wrote the story. I think it was a really cool story idea and I thought you portrayed it really well. Great job!
Hannah
lukas dewolfe (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 2:54 PM
that was a really good story i'm sorry that they sold it. if my family sold my house I would be so sad. but any way you did a very good job
lukas
Blair (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 3:00 PM
Eliza,
that was sooooo good.Now i want to go there.
keep writing.
Blair
sean (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 3:08 PM
it was great and that would be fun great detail
Dane :) (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 3:08 PM
I like how you said it made you a new person. Great story. :)
kristian (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 3:11 PM
eliza that was a realy good story I am suprised that you only took care of sertan gardens were they special or something? Any way that was a really good story, I thought it could be longer. Good job
Olivia (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 4:01 PM
Dear Eliza,
I loved your story. You were very clear on your feelings and descriptions. Your story sounded so true and I was really affected by it. I could really tell that you were telling the story from your heart and how much you cared about Sugar Field Farm. I love your stories because everyone you write is coming from your heart and it feels genuine. Keep writing stories like that. It is a really good quality and you should keep it forever. My favorite line in your story was " I could just forget about the awful and think about the great". Keep up the superb work, Eliza!
- Olivia
Max Tanous (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 4:06 PM
great story eliza. You had very good details. It is sad the not only you sold it but that the people that bought it completley destroyed it.
max
Nico (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 5:08 PM
eliza that was a really good story with a lot of details and it made a perfect picture in my head
nico
Lilly (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 5:26 PM
Eliza-
That is a wonderful story. I love the the wording that you used. Everything that you said became a picture in my mind. That is so sad that you had to give it away. Just keep those memories in your head.
Lilly
samie (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 6:46 PM
Eliza,
that was a really good story!!!
You put in great details and I could really picture the house in my mind.
I like the part about the tree for, it sounded really fun!!!
-Samie
Thomas Gillespie (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 7:07 PM
Eliza.
It sounds like a great place. I love the description of building the garden with you cousins. Did you get to eat any of the food? I'm sorry that your grandparents had to sell the place. Good thing you have great memories of the farm!
Jackie (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 9:08 PM
thats a really descriptive story i <3 ur story but its sad that you had your favorite house taken away.
jay (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 9:14 PM
Eliza,
The farms sounds like a awsome place. i liked how you were so discriptive.sorry that they sold the farm!!!!!!! i hope that you have a LOT of
GOOD memories.
P.s you can forget the bad memories.
Tripp (unauthenticated)
Feb 22, 2010 9:27 PM
Eliza, awesome story i could just imagine you and your cousins sitting in your tree fort and drinking lemonade. It is sad though that it is gone now it sounded like a really great place.
Griff:) (unauthenticated)
Feb 23, 2010 3:42 PM
eliza,
that is a really coolplace,(or was a really cool place) the best line in my opinoin is I could just forget about the awful and think about the great.
P.S. to bad it was destroyed
Waverly (unauthenticated)
Feb 23, 2010 8:50 PM
Eliza,
That was a great story. I liked how you explained everything so well like when the older cousins were building the tree fort and the younger kids were watching. It seems like a really cool place and its sad the tree and garden isnt there anymore.
henry (unauthenticated)
Feb 24, 2010 7:01 AM
i like how you explained to tree fort
Colby (unauthenticated)
Feb 24, 2010 4:55 PM
THat was really good
Sarah (unauthenticated)
Feb 25, 2010 3:32 PM
Nice discription I really liked your story it SUCKS that its being torn down but at least you have your memories!! Good Job
-Sarah
jack goodwin (unauthenticated)
Mar 3, 2010 1:05 PM
eliza,
Great job, your story had great discription. i liked at the begining when you told us sugar field farm was an hour away from the grocrey store and it was 30 minutes away from everyone......
Great job
JACK
henry (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 12:58 PM
I like disciptions I also like how you explained the beach at the beginning
6th Grade
Mar 9, 2010 1:56 PM
eliza
Great story. I like how you explained the sugar farm at the beginning. Keep up the great work
Braden