The Cotton Gin: A Short Story

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Me and Eli have been friends since our twenties, and we have invented many things. Take the Cotton Gin for example. I remember us staying up late to make something to make farming cotton easier. " I am about to give up on this project," said Eli in a frustrated tone. I came in and tried to calm him down, after that, he went to bed. I thought I could help, so I tried finishing the mechanism. I guessed right. " Eli, you might want to see this,'' I said in a surprised voice,'' Apparently, a bolt was missing, and I went to buy a new one and this happened!'' '' Good lord,'' said Eli happily,'' It's working perfectly, thank you so much Phineas!'' That was the first time I've seen him this happy in a while. '' Well, I guess the smallest things cause the biggest problems,'' I said. Eli laughed. That was how the Cotton Gin was invented. …show more content…

" I want these people arrested and tried in court now,'' yelled Eli angrily. I felt the same. Sadly, our trials failed to imprison anybody, ending production of the Cotton Gin. A few years past now and we are nearly broke. We couldn't think of anything that could be useful. Then there was an opportunity. A possible war between the U.S. and France is breaking out so we went to work. " We need to make a fire arm capable of penetrating armor," said Eli. So, I went home that night, grabbed my rifle, and stayed up all night modifying the gun to where it was light, had a longer barrel, smooth bored, and fired from the shoulder. The next day, I showed Eli what I built, and he was amazed. " This is perfect," he said happily," the range is amazing, it pierces armor, and its light weight!" Then he asked me

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