The Travel
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Dedicated to my father and my grandfather. They never let me down.
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Table of Contents Page 1. Title Page 2. Dedications Page 4-‐5. Historical Narrative Page 6. Afterword Page 7-‐13. Packet Page 14. About the Author Page 15. Bibliography
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The year was 1945. We finally arrived at Edirne. I was very pleased that I could finally get some fresh air and I inhaled and exhaled like they do in yoga. I was getting fidgety. I needed to run around because I was sitting on a train for who knows how long. Edirne and Xanthi are not that close to each other.
“A new life awaits me.” I thought. I just kept running around in the train station. My parents asked me if I wanted to come sit with them inside but I said that I wanted to stay outside. “Son, we are sitting right over here, in this cafe.” “I’ll find them later” I told myself. I just kept running around and I got tired very soon I started to pant and sweat. I went inside and I started heading towards where my parents were sitting and my stomach was rumbling. I couldn’t remember where they were. “Uh-‐oh, where are they?” I started to panic, I saw a policeman walking towards me and I started to tense up. “Hi little guy.” He talked to me very calmly and nicely, when I heard his voice, I felt safe, like a knight held me under his armor. He held my hand and we started walking together, soon I was able to make out the café my parents sat at. I thanked the policeman and hugged my parents. I didn’t tell them what happened because I thought that they would get mad. They told me that we had to go to Istanbul because my older aunt lived there. So we got back on the train and we headed to Istanbul. It was loud and I could smell sweat and smoke. Lots of people were smoking. I was really tired. My eyes slowly started to shut. Soon after, I fell asleep. When I woke up, we were in Istanbul. We got off the train and I looked around, it was truly amazing. A few weeks later, when we found a little house to live in and when we
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had understood the Turks a little bit, my parents were very lucky to find the same job as they used to have in Xanthi. They started working in a tobacco factory. Their boss was also Greek. A few weeks after that, a man had come to our house and he told us that our house in Greece was sold and the man gave my father 13 pieces of gold. We were so happy! We started jumping around, laughing and celebrating. A few months after that, we finally adapted and made life easy for ourselves in Turkey. At age 22, I became a policeman and followed my dreams. I continued for one and a half years…
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Afterword In 1945, after the Greek civil war, all the Greeks in Turkey had to go back to Greece and all the Turks in Greece had to go back to Turkey. Lot’s of people became refugees. People had to adapt again to their home country. The war lasted for three whole years.
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About the Author Ali lives in a pineapple under the sea, in Gotham city. He is an only child and he has a mother and father. Ali was born in 1738. He goes to Hogwarts and his favorite vacation place is Narnia. He joins the Hunger Games annually. Ali’s favorite activity is saving the world. He likes to wear blue overalls and a red cap. He also used to have a secret identity. He was the “Coon”. He has a giant, purple, fluffy bear named Snorlax. When people pick a fight with him, he kisses them on the nose and walks away. They usually get confused and tend to never talk to him again. His best friend is a Rock named Dwayne. He likes to wear white contacts and he writes music as a way to pass time. He has changed his name to Ali later in his life. His old name was JOHN CENA!!! When he doesn’t water the plants, his dad tells him, “WATER THOSE!” His favorite word is, IRADOCYCLIS.
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Bibliography "National Self-Determination." SpringerReference (2011): n. pag. Web. "The Truman Doctrine, 1947." Office of the Historian. N.p., n.d. Web. "Greek Civil War." N.p., n.d. Web. "Civil War in Greece." Matt Barrett's AHISTORYOFGREECE.COM. Matt Barrett, n.d. Web.
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