Bessie Research Paper

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There once lived a girl named Bessie that lived in Prattville, Alabama. She was 19 when she died. Bessie was the type of person that loved her family and friends, and she was very sociable. The only things that Bessie didn’t like was liars and apples. Bessie birthed two kids, in which were twins. She had a boy and a girl. Her sons’ name was Johnathan and her daughters’ name was Jessica. She was also married to a guy named John. Bessie one day discovered that her life was a whole lot better before she met John. Her life then ended for good.
When Bessie first started her married life with John she was very happy. Her and John would go for long walks and talks and eat homemade ice cream. John would always talk about how he wanted the best life possible for their family. He promised Bessie that he would work from sun up to sun down at the mill to ensure that his family had enough. The day did approach when Bessie got pregnant. For the whole while she thought that she had one baby up until when she was ready to give birth, and there were two babies. So they both agreed to name the girl and boy Jessica and Johnathan. Johnathan originated
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She decided to write John a letter explaining why she did what she was going to do, but she didn’t. She decided that she would just leave her writings on the countertop where she normally left his food. About 4 miles down the dusty dirt road there was a huge 10acre field where ones would keep like old wood pieces or tools over the summer time. She decided that she would find a hammer or possibly a stray gun laying out there. Happen so she found two hammers and a pocket knife. She looked and looked and happen to find a gun that was hidden under wood chips. She sat down flat on her bottom on the ground and she pointed the gun towards her head and sure enough the gun was loaded and she killed herself. She fell flat on the ground blood oozing

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