Michael and Betty - Original Writing

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Michael and Betty - Original Writing

Once upon a time lived a relatively destitute wood-cutter with his

wife and his two children. The boy was called Michael and the girl

Betty. After much hesitation, the father declared, “I’ve had enough

for this life of poverty and de-moralisation, our social compensation

and government benefits aren’t nearly enough to look after our

children”.

"I'll tell you what, husband," answered the woman, "early tomorrow

morning we will take the children out into the forest to where it is

the thickest. There we will light a fire for them, and give each of

them one pasty and a can of coke each, and then we will go to our work

and leave them alone. They will not find the way home again, and we

shall be rid of them."

“But what if they imitate the old fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel,

where they leave the trail of breadcrumbs and find their way home

again?”

“What would we stand to lose?” asked the step-mother rhetorically.

The two children had also not been able to sleep for hunger, and had

heard what their step-mother had said to their father.

Betty wept bitter tears, and said to Michael, "Now all is over with

us."

"Be quiet Betty”, said Michael, "do not distress yourself, I will soon

find a way to help us."

“Now is no time for us to fall out Michael, please don’t try to

patronise me again, we both no you are not as academic as myself”.

Early in the morning came the woman, and took the children out of

their beds. Here their Pasty was given to them. On the way into the

forest Michael crumbled his in his pocket, and often stood still and

threw a morsel on the ground. "Michael, why do you stop and look

round, said the father, "go on."

"I am looking back at my little pigeon which is sitting on the roof,

and wants to say good-bye to me," answered Michael. "Fool," said the

woman, "that is not your little pigeon, that is the morning sun that

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