Title:"The Epidemic"
Author: Ashley D.


The Epidemic


        "Miz Christy, I need your help!"
        "Ruby Mae, what on earth is wrong?"  I asked when she frantically ran to me 
for help.  Then before she answered me I saw it, her freckles had multiplied 
and grown twice as big as they were before!
        "Miz Christy, I don't know what happened!  I'm turning into one big 
freckle!"  I grabbed my coat and told her that we needed to find Dr. 
MacNeill; that he'd know what was wrong.  We went to is house first, but he 
was no where to be found, so we decided to try along the river.  We didn't 
have to go far before we found him fly fishing.  For just a minute, before 
Ruby Mae cried out, I watched as he cast into the water.  He was the best at 
fly fishing, and made it seem so easy and realxing.
        "Doc. MacNeill, I need your help, look at my face!"  When he turned around, 
he dropped his pole and ran over to Ruby Mae.
        "Oh no, I've seen this before, it's the Spring air that's affecting these 
freckles!"  Ruby Mae started asking how to get rid of them, and he replied, 
"I need to get you some lemons!"
        "Doctor, where in the world are you going to get lemons now?  Have you seen 
something like this before?  Is this a normal sickness?"
        "I'll talk to you later Christy, I need to get Ruby Mae to my cabin right 
now, where I have a few lemons Sessal just sent to me.  You go check and 
make sure no one else has this problem.  If they do, send them to my cabin 
right away!"
        As I watched them run off, I was so confused.  I couldn't imagine an 
outbreak of FRECKLES because of the Spring air!!  What kind of disease was 
it anyway, was it harmful, and why in the world had Sessal sent lemons to 
Dr. MacNeill?  I made myself stop questioning everything then, so I could 
run check on everyone else.
        Then I saw Birdseye coming at me and knew at once he had the disease.  I 
was about to tell him to get to Dr. MacNeill's right away, when I saw the 
moonshine bottle in his hand.  I just knew he was drunk, and didn't want to 
approach him, but he might die if I didn't warn him.  So I calmly walked up 
and said, "Birdseye, you have a disease, and need to get to MacNeill's cabin 
right away."  He turned and looked at me furiously.
        "Hey!"
        I jumped, then looked around and saw that I was in my bed and Ruby Mae had 
awakened me.  She didn't have large freckles, and I realized it had all been 
a dream.  "Miz Christy, breakfast is almost ready and preacher's lookin for 
you."  I got up and got dressed, just happy to know that there wasn't any 
freckle epidemic!
        Breakfast passed with nothing unusual happening.  Miss Alice talked about 
her recent trip to Catalechie, while Ruby Mae talked about some new possum 
recipes.  I also noticed how perfect David looked, with his hair combed just 
right, and his perfect smile.  After breakfast, he approached me and asked 
if'd I'd like to go on a walk around the pond.  "Sure David, that sound's 
great."
        We talked about many things as we walked around the pond, then he asked, 
"Christy, will you go to the Spencer's singing with me tonight?"
        "I'd love to David!"
        "Great, I'll have the most beautiful date tonight then," he said as he 
smiled down at me.  I smiled back at him and gave him a small kiss on the 
cheek as we continued our walk that beatutiful Spring day.

The End!