Understanding the g overnment:
Declaration o f independence
Once u pon a time, t here w ere t wo l ittle g irls
there names w ere t iny a nd shiny. They
were twin sisters they both loved the s ame
things, l ike p laying outside a nd dancing, b ut
they really like h istory. A ll they k nowledge
from the p ast they, b oth a dore s o much.
They w anted t o g o back all the way to times
where big puffy d resses where the new
style. S o they w ent to the mechanic i n there
town and a sked if h e k nows h ow to make a
time m achine.
”well i ndeed i d o l ittle ones I am working on
one r ight now i w ould b e s ure t o tell y ou
right w hen I am done” said t he m echanic.
“Thanks s o m uch w e will be w aiting for the
call”.
The g irls r an h ome and told t heir parents
they d id not b elieve t hem but they still
showed that t hey cared for their
imagination. Tiny and shiny b oth r an u p t he
stairs and packed e verything they t hought
they needed.
“Tiny w here a re my gloves,”
“ in your hand s hiny”
oh thanks”.
A fter t hey finished g etting all there s tuff
they w ent downstairs to e at d inner.The girls
and t heir family a re e ating d inner h aving a
nice time t hen t hey hear t he p hone r ing
they both dash t o phone. It was the
mechanic he told the g irl that t he t ime
machine i s done and they c an leave f irst
thing tomorrow m orning. The g irl w ere filled
with e xcitement, t hey finished e ating and
ran u pstairs so they c an get r eady for b ed
for the next d ay.
Tiny wakes up v ery early and starts to wake
up shiny they a re r eady to go. T hey tell their
parents t hey a re l eaving and g o to t he
mechanic s hop. “ Hey girls h ows your
morning going r eady to get g oing”.
”Yea w e are s o excited t o s ee how l ife w as
in t he p ast”.
T he girls follow the mechanic t o the b ack
where h e hid t he time m achine from
everyone. The girls w ere s o a wmazed o f
how cool it looked. T he m echanic s tarted i t
up.
“ wow t his is so a wesome h ow did y ou do
all o f t his so fast”.
“ I h ave b een working o n it for many years I
have finally g otten the l ast p iece to f inish”.
The mechanic s how them how to u se it
and t he girls a re all ready to g et g oing.
”alright g irls a re you r eady?”
“yes s ir”.
“ Ok, 3-2-1 “
The girls a nd t he m achine disappeared.
“Yes it worked f inally after all my t ime and
dedication” said t he m echanic.
” hay s hiny d id w e m ake it?”
“ yea I t hink so let's go and s ee what is
outside”.
The girls w alked outside and s aw some
clean c lothes on wash boards i n d resses
children p laying a nd older m en g oing t o
work.
” we made it s hiny we m ade i t”.
The girls w alk around a nd explore. S hiny
played w ith the little children b y the pond
and t iny watched the w omen w ork. After
they h ad f un a l ittle t hey w anted to k now a ll
about the d eclaration o f i ndependence
because t hey thought t hat the p eople did
not have e nough indepence o r options in
the w ay they l ived. S o they w ent t o go f ind
the King a nd asked how i t all started. T he
girls found a huge c astle a nd k new i t w as
the k ings h ome. They w alked u p t o t he d oor
and r ang the b ell a man i n a suit and tie
opened t he d oor.
“Hello c hildren what may i d o f or you
today?”
“We are sister f rom the f uture a nd w e
wanted t o k now how t he d eclaration o f
independence a ll s tarted”.
The man d id not believe the children at first
but l et t hem i n anyway.
“ S ir t hese children s ay they a re from t he
future”.
“Let them i n and set them b y m y office”.
“Yes sir”
The g irls w alk i n and s aw how big t he c astle
was t hey were s hocked. They sat d own and
waited for the k ing.
“Hello girls s orry f or t he w ait n ow w hy a re
you here again”
“ w e wanted to k now h ow the declaration of
independence started”
“Oooo , ok well is t his f or a p roject of
somesort”
“Yea s ure”
“Ok t hen I w ill tell you the s tory c hildren”
The king s tarts w ith a deep m ysterious
voice.
“ the colonist are n ot h appy w ith t he w ay i
king g eorge and G reat britain are ruling t he
colonies. M y second hand men have
informed u s t his i ntitaling i nformation.So
they chosen men from different c olonies t o
represent their colonies.Four m en w ere
from the northern colonies there n ames a re
John A dams,B enjamin Franklin, Robert
Livingston, and Roger S herman.Another
man w as f rom t he s outhern colony o f
virginia His name i s Thomas Jefferson he
was the m an w ho wrote out what t hey
wanted change and t he n ew rulings o f the
colonies. T hey w anted t o d eclare t heir
independence for each colony t he. K ing o f
great britain and I a greed and s igned t he
letter on July 4 th. After we s igned the l etter
it w as c opied a nd distributed around a ll the
colonies n ow t hey are a ll e qual c itizens”.
“Wow t hat is so cool” t iny s aid
Well t hanks for e verything we should g et
back home t o your family n ow h ave a g reat
day king g eorge”.
“Thank y ou h ave a nice t rip back home”.
The girls walked b ack t o the time m achine
but they made sure t o get a s ouvenir b efore
they left.As t hey g ot i nto t he t ime machine
they w ondered if t hey c an go other place t o
find o ut a ny other interesting t hing t hat
happened. T hey enter t he machine start it
up a nd leave.
“I t hink we're back tiny”.
“ L et's go s ee mom a nd d ad”.
The g irls run h ome a nd f ind t heir parents
making d inner,
“Hey girls h ow was your day?”
“Very informative mom t hanks f or a sking”
said shiny in a confident manner.
“Ok w ell get r eady for dinner a nd hurry
along now”
The girls get r eady for d inner b ut never
talked a bout that happened d uring their trip
it w as t here l ittle s ecret. T hey lived f orever
only knowing w hat really happened during
the times.