A BOY NAMED JULIAN [GOES CRAWFISHING ] by : rose miletello - TopicsExpress

A BOY NAMED JULIAN [GOES CRAWFISHING ] by : rose miletello IN A BIG CITY WHERE MANY PEOPLE LIVED., A LITTLE BOY WAS BORN.. IT WAS IN THE WINTER AND THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND.. THE WIND BLEW AND IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE.. THE BOYS PARENTS THE MILETELLO,S, HAD BEEN WAITING, FOR HIS ARRIVAL. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY BOY, AND WAS LOVED VERY MUCH. HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME JULIAN, BY HIS PARENTS AND WAS GIVEN A VERY HAPPY HOME LIFE. JULIANS FATHER JAMES, WAS A GREAT PROVIDER, AND WORKED VERY HARD . HE TRIED TO SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH HIS FAMILY IN HIS FREE TIME. MICHELLE, WAS JULIANS MOTHER. SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL, AND SHE WORE A FRIENDLY SMILE. JULIAN, WAS TAUGHT MANY THINGS AS HE GREW,. AND WAS A HAPPY CHILD. HE LOVED TO PLAY WITH TOYS, AND LISTEN TO THE STORIES THAT HIS MOTHER WOULD READ TO HIM FROM BOOKS.AND HE ENJOYED LOOKING AT THE PICTURES .. SOMETIMES HE WOULD MEMORIZE THE WHOLE STORY, AND PRETEND HE WAS READING THE BOOK TO HIS MOM., HE WAS A GOOD LITTLE SON, AND LISTENED TO, HIS PARENTS, AND THEY WOULD REWARD HIM, BY TAKING HIM TO SOME OF HIS FAVORITE PLACES. JULIAN LOVED THE WALT DISNEY CARTOONS, AND HIS FAVORITE WAS LIGHTNING MCQUEEN. HIS FATHER WOULD RENT DVD DISNEY MOVIES, FOR HIM TO WATCH, AND HIS MOTHER BOUGHT HIM THE TOY CARS TOO FOR HIS COLLECTION. FOR HIS 6TH BIRTHDAY, HIS MOTHER BOUGHT A CAKE FROM THE DELI, WITH HIS BEST CARTOON ON THE CAKE. IT WAS A PRETTY CAKE, AND HE WAS GIVEN ICE CREAM TOO. SOME OF JULIANS FRIENDS AND COUSINS WERE INVITED TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY. HE RECEIVED OTHER GIFTS AND WAS THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING. HE HUGGED HIS MOM AND DAD AND SAID I LOVE YOU. JULIAN HAD A GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVED IN A DIFFERENT STATE, ONE SUMMER, THE MILETELLO,S PLANNED A TRIP TO LOUISIANA, TO VISIT HER AND TO MEET HER FOR THE FIRST TIME. JULIAN WAS VERY EXCITED, BECAUSE HIS GRANDMOTHER LIVED ON A BAYOU. AND IT WAS OUT IN THE COUNTRY. HE WAS PLEASED TO KNOW THAT HE WAS GETTING AWAY FROM THE BIG CITY FOR TWO WEEKS. JULIAN ASKED , FATHER, WHAT IS A BAYOU? JAMES TOLD HIS SON, THAT IT IS A NARROW WATERWAY, AND WAS THE HOME FOR MANY WILDLIFE. HE COULD NOT WAIT TO ARRIVE AT GRANDMA,S. THE TRIP WAS VERY LONG, AND HE SLEPT MOST OF THE WAY WHILE HIS FATHER DROVE THEIR DODGE MINI VAN . IT WAS VERY COMFORTABLE, AND HAD BACK SEATS, WHERE HE TOOK HIS NAP. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, HIS GRANDMA ROSE MILETELLO, GREETED. THEM, WITH TEARS IN HER EYES. SHE WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE. JULIAN SAID HELLO TO HER, WHILE SHE PLACED A MEAL ON THE TABLE FOR THEM TO EAT IT WAS AT NIGHT, AND WE HAD A NICE VISIT AND WENT TO BED TO REST. JULIAN HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS, TO ASK, BUT HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE MORNING. THAT NEXT MORNING, A FANTASTIC AROMA FILLED THE AIR, OF FOOD COOKING, IT SMELT LIKE BACON, AND POTATOES. A FRESH PERKED POT OF COFFEE WAS BREWING TOO. AFTER A DELICIOUS BREAKFAST, JULIANS DAD DECIDED TO SHOW HIM THE BAYOU. IT WAS ABOUT 20 FEET, FROM GRANDMA,S BACK DOOR. YOU HAD TO LOOK DOWN, BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS ON A HILL. THERE WAS A PIER BUILT, FOR FISHING, AND JULIAN AND HIS DAD, FISHED FOR TWO HOURS.USING WORMS FOR BAIT, THEY CAUGHT 14 MEDIUM SIZE CATFISH. JULIAN HURRIED AND WAS SO EXCITED., TO TELL HIS MOTHER. THAT HE CAUGHT 5 OF THEM. LATER THEY WERE CLEANED AND DEEP FRIED IN HOT OIL, SERVED WITH POTATO SALAD, BAKED BEANS AND HOT GARLIC BREAD. THAT MORNING, JULIAN SAW, SQUIRRELS, PLAYING ON THE LIMBS OF THE TREES, ALSO SAW HOW THE TURTLES, WOULD COME UP TO THE TOP OF THE WATER TO STICK THEIR HEAD OUT. AS THEY SEEMED VERY CURIOUS. OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER HE SAW TWO COTTON MOUTHS SNAKES, SUNBATHING, ON A VERY LOW LIMB, OF A TREE, NEAR THE BANKS. WOW, JULIAN HAD NEVER SAW SO MUCH ACTIVITY AT ONCE WITH ANIMALS. THE CRANES WERE WADING OUT AND TRYING TO CATCH FISH, WITH THEIR BEAKS.. THEIR LONG SKINNY LEGS , ATTRACTED JULIANS ATTENTION. EVERY LIVING CREATURE, WAS BUSY, AND PAINTED A PERFECT PICTURE FOR JULIANS EYES . HE SAW, AN OTTER, SWIMMING, AND HAD TO ASK HIS DAD, WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL IT WAS. JULIAN, ASKED HIS FATHER TO PLEASE BUY HIM A BOOK, WHEN HE ARRIVES HOME, ABOUT WILDLIFE. BECAUSE HE WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM. THAT AFTERNOON, GRANDMA ROSE AND MICHELLE, TOOK JULIAN BY THE HAND, AND GATHERED UP THINGS NEEDED TO CATCH CRAWFISH.. THEY WALKED IN THE FIELD, ACROSS THE ROAD, FROM GRANDMA,S THAT WAS OWNED BY HER UNCLE. IT HAD A SMALL THICKET OF WOODS, AND RABBITS, THAT WOULD BE RUNNING TO HIDE IN THE GRASS. JULIAN, LOVED TO SEE THEM SCATTER FOR COVER, AS WE WALKED BY., AND SAW THEIR LITTLE WHITE TAILS. THEY HAD TO CROSS OVER A BARBED WIRE FENCE. BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS A LITTLE CREEK, WHERE THE CRAWFISH WAS PLENTIFUL. GRANDMA SHOWED THEM HOW TO SET UP THEIR POLES, WHICH WAS ONLY STICKS, AND TIED A STRING ON IT. THEN ATTACHED A PIECE OF RAW CHICKEN, TO THE END OF THE STRING AND LOWERED IT IN THE WATER. THE WATER WAS MUDDY, AND STUNK.. IN THE MUD ALONG THE BANK WERE STRANGE HOLES, GRANDMA SHOWED JULIAN AND SAID THAT THE CRAWFISH, BUILT HIS HOME, IN THE MUD. IT LOOKED LIKE A ROUND CHIMNEY STACK MADE WITH MUD. . JULIAN HAD NEVER SEEN A CRAWFISH BEFORE. ALL OF A SUDDEN JULIANS MOM, FELT A PULL ON THE STRING, AND SHE LIFTED IT OUT OF THE CREEK, AND THERE WAS A BIG CRAWFISH, EATING THE CHICKEN. GRANDMA TOLD THEM HOW TO PICK IT UP A CERTAIN WAY, BECAUSE IT HAD TWO PINCHERS,.. THEY WERE SWIFT AND COULD PINCH YOUR FINGERS AND MAKE THEM HURT. WOW, JULIAN SAID THAT WAS SO KOOL MOMMY. THEY CAUGHT A 5 GALLON BUCKET FULL. AND JAMES, JULIANS DAD CAME MEET US. AND HELPED US CARRY THE HEAVY BUCKET BACK TO GRANDMA,S. HOUSE. JULIAN WAS EXCITED AND HE WATCHED HOW GRANDMA CLEANED THEM AND GET THEM READY TO COOK. SHE POURED A BOX OF SALT ALL OVER THEM. AND EXPLAINED TO JULIAN, THAT WHEN SHE RAN THE WATER HOSE OVER THEM, THE NASTY MUD, WOULD BE EASILY REMOVED BY THE SALT. GRANDMA ROSE TOLD JULIAN, THAT HER FATHER TAUGHT HER THIS WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG CHILD TOO, SHE USED A LARGE POT, WITH WATER AND BROUGHT IT TO BOIL, ON THE STOVE. THEN ADDED SPICES, SUCH AS RED PEPPER, SALT, BAY LEAVES, GARLIC, LEMON, AND OTHER HERBS. THE SMELL WAS POWERFUL, THEN ADDED THE CORN ON THE COB, RED WHOLE POTATOES, AND FINALLY THE CRAWFISH.. EVERYONE COULD NOT WAIT TO EAT THEM, ESPECIALLY JULIAN. THE POTATOES AND CORN, SERVED WITH THE CRAWFISH, WAS A COMPLETE MEAL. GRANDMA SHOWED, JULIAN, HOW TO PEEL A CRAWFISH, AND TAUGHT HIM, WHICH WAS THE PARTS TO EAT. JULIAN SAID WOW, THIS IS SO YUMMY. THEY DO NOT SELL CRAWFISH IN ILLINOIS, WHERE THEY LIVED. BUT JULIAN,S DAD TOLD HIM THAT SOME RESTAURANTS MAY HAVE THEM SEASONAL ON THE MENU. WELL THE TWO WEEKS WENT BY FAST , AND THEY RETURNED TO THEIR HOME IN THE BIG CITY SAFELY. JULIAN HAD A WONDERFUL EXPIERENCE, AND LEARNED VERY MUCH. HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS, ABOUT THE BAYOU AND THAT HE WENT CRAWFISHING IN A CREEK. JULIANS FATHER BOUGHT A BOOK, ABOUT WILDLIFE FOR HIS SON, JULIAN SHOWED HIS FRIENDS PICTURES FROM IT WHILE HE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ANIMALS HE SAW. .. JULIAN WAS VERY THANKFUL. HIS PARENTS TAUGHT HIM ABOUT GOD, AND THAT HOW HE HAS MADE THE WORLD. JULIANS FAVORITE BIBLE STORY WAS NOAH,S ARK. JULIAN LOVED THE ANIMALS BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT GOD PLACED THEM HERE..... the end.... 09/15/2014 this story was written especially for my grandson julian james miletello[