Chapter 1

Rob Annie was the regular average kid. He is a ten

year old fourth-grader. He had breakfast, then he went to
school, then he came home and had dinner. You would
think something cool would happen to everybody, but not
Rob.
Then there was Boy Scouts. Rob loved Boy Scouts.
His leader was his Dad, John. His father thought it was
miraculous how much he likes it. He liked everything about
scouts, tying knots, art, sports, ECT.
What was unknown about him was that he was a
very good singer. One day he saw a sign up in the school
hallway; it said, TALENT SHOW, MAY 3. Rob was
thinking about entering, but again he was shy. He went
home and sat in his room and thought about it. He decided
he would enter. He decided to sing a country song, which
he would write. He started writing it. None of his friends
even knew he could sing well. The next day he put his
signature on the list. He put it on the bottom of the list so
nobody would notice, but they did. His friends were
crowding around him after school wondering why he didn’t
tell them this before, and what are you singing. That’s just
the beginning of the story.

Chapter 2
Now he was really mad. He sprinted home as fast as
he could go. He ran in the door.
The next day (which was May 3rd) he got up,
immediately he started thinking about the talent show that
afternoon. This ended up being what felt like the longest
day in his life, he watched the clock slowly ticking the
whole day.
Finally it was time for the talent show. First a group of
his friends were up, and then there were a lot of people
who went. Now last but not least it was Rob’s turn. He
sang his song called “My Home” by Rob Annie. Next they
announced the final results. “Third place George Rock.”
“Second place The Sand Boys.” “May I have a drum roll
please,” “pat, pat, pat.” “The winner of the 61st annual
talent show is Rob…... Johnson!” Rob was so upset, but
that didn’t keep him from his goal, his goal was to win!!!
He went home and told his mom what had happened. He
sat in his room and sobbed himself to sleep. He had a
dream about winning the talent show. He woke up thinking
to himself, I’m going to do that one day, that’s going to
happen

Chapter 3
He still kept his singing up and the next year he won
the talent show! On year he made it to the national singing
contest, but he didn’t win. He kept on trying. Now we get
to the part when he is older. He started a band called
BackSpace, they were a Christian band. They sang songs
like Glorify Your Name, You Were There For Me (I Am
Yours), ECT. They were a pretty good band, they
performed for there families, the neighbors, not anybody
important. Kept on going with his life, got a job, got
married, had children, but his life is still nowhere near the
end. He was a food cashier, got used to saying paper or
plastic ma’am. His life was back to how he was when he
was a kid, average. He had some close calls. He just went
with the flow. He was pretty close to getting tired of his life
when, something amazing happened… He was invited to
the world singing competition by his old principal.
 Chapter 4
Rob had won it, and now he had an official band
called The Grasshoppers. His band became very
famous. He was known throughout the country. He
met lots of famous people like other rock stars. He
even met and was interviewed by the president
Nicholas James Crookston. He also was known as
“The Cricket” because of the name of his band, he
was black, and he played good music.
Then one day he got very sick. His whole family
came to see him. Then a few weeks later…….
he…….. Died. Everybody missed him. He had a
funeral in Connecticut where he grew up. It rained all
day that day. Everybody thought it was God crying.
America was sad. He is King of Rock. He is America’s
Rock. The pride of America is gone now. It rained and
rained. It poured and poured. That day changed
everybody’s lives forever. Rob Jonathan Annie.
 HONEST ABE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION………………………………… THE VISIT

CHAPTER 1…………………………………….KENTUCKY

CHAPTER 2……………………………………. INDIANA

CHAPTER 3……………………………… NEW SALEM DAYS

CHAPTER 4…………………………………… SPRINGFIELD

CHAPTER 5………………………………… THE CIVIL WAR

CHAPTER 6……………………………… FORD’S THEATER

RESOURCES
 INTRODUCTION
TODAY OUR FAMILY IS TAKING A TRIP TO
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE
LINCOLN EXHIBITS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE HIS HOUSE,
HIS MUSEUM, HIS LIBRARY, HIS OFFICE WHERE HE
WORKED, THE OLD STATE CAPITAL, AND HIS GRAVE.

CHAPTER 1 KENTUCKY
ONE DAY IN HODGENVILLE, KENTUCKY ON FEBRUARY 12,
1809 THOMAS AND NANCY LINCOLN WERE SITTING BY THE FIRE
CUDDLING THEIR NEWBORN SON.

NANCY SAID “WE SHALL NAME HIM ABRAHAM, LINCOLN.”

ABE GREW OLDER AND LIKED TO PLAY BY NOLIN CREEK. ONE
DAY ABE WAS WITH HIS FRIEND, AUSTIN GOLLAHER. AUSTIN
DARED ABE TO WALK ACROSS KNOB CREEK ON A LOG. AUSTIN
MADE IT, BUT ABE FELL IN! LUCKILY AUSTIN PULLED HIM OUT
WITH A STICK. AFTER THAT ABE PROMISED NEVER TO DO
ANYTHING FOOLISH AGAIN.
 CHAPTER 2 INDIANA
THOMAS LINCOLN WAS GETTING TIRED OF KENTUCKY, SO
THE LINCOLN FAMILY MOVED TO WHAT IS NOW EVANSVILLE,
INDIANA. SADLY, RIGHT AFTER THEY MOVED NANCY LINCOLN
DIED OF A MILK SICKNESS. ABE WAS VERY, VERY SAD
BECAUSE HE LOST HIS MOTHER.

ONE DAY THOMAS LINCOLN CAME BACK WITH A WIFE

FROM KENTUCKY. SHE HAD THREE CHILDREN OF HER OWN, SHE
WAS A WIDOW. ABE GOT A JOB AS A RAIL-SPLITTER, HE MADE
FENCES. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO READ AND LOVE BOOKS, HIS
STEP MOTHER LOVED BOOKS, TOO. HE LIVED THERE FOR 14
YEARS.

CHAPTER 3 NEW SALEM DAYS

AGAIN, THOMAS LINCOLN GOT TIRED OF INDIANA, SO THEY MOVED
TO NEW SALEM, ILLINOIS. ABE DIDN’T HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE HE WAS
21 YEARS OLD, BUT HE DID. THERE HE WORKED AT A STORE, BUT THE
STORE CLOSED SOON AFTER. ONE DAY WHILE ABE WAS WORKING A
WOMAN CAME IN TO BUY SOMETHING, BUT ABE SHORTED HER SIX CENTS.
OTHER STORE KEEPERS WOULDN’T MIND AND JUST CLOSE DOWN, BUT
ABE WALKED TO HER HOUSE TO GIVE HER THE MONEY. PEOPLE
STARTED CALLING HIM HONEST ABE.

ABE AND ONE OF HIS FRIENDS STARTED THE BERRY-LINCOLN

STORE, BUT THAT CLOSED DOWN, TOO. THEN HE BECAME POSTMASTER
LINCOLN. HE READ LETTERS FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. HE WAS
VERY POPULAR AND HE MADE FRIENDS QUICKLY.
 THEN AN INDIAN NAMED BLACK HAWK SAID THAT THE ILLINOIS
LAND THEY LIVED ON BELONGED TO HIS TRIBE. THEY WERE GOING TO
START THE BLACK HAWK WAR. THEY NEEDED A CAPTAIN; THE PEOPLE
WHO VOLUNTEERED WERE ABE LINCOLN AND WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK.
THEY BOTH STOOD ON ONE SIDE OF A FIELD, AND THE PEOPLE WALKED
TO THE PERSON THEY WANTED TO BE CAPTAIN. ABE WON! THEY NEVER
DID END UP FIGHTING. THEN ABE LEFT FOR SPRINGFIELD TO BECOME A
LAWYER.

CHAPTER 4 SPRINGFIELD
HE WAS KNOWN AS LAWYER LINCOLN. HE WORKED WITH
WILLIAM HERNDON AND DID THOUSANDS OF CASES, AND WAS
FAIR TO EVERYONE. HE TRAVELED THE CIRCUIT TO DIFFERENT
PLACES TO HOLD COURT. THEN HE MARRIED MARY TODD. THEY
HAD FOUR CHILDREN, ROBERT, EDDIE, WILLIE, AND TAD
(THOMAS), BUT EDDIE DIED WHEN HE WAS THREE.

THEN HE RAN FOR STATE LEGISLATURE, BUT LOST

BECAUSE ONLY THE PEOPLE IN NEW SALEM AND SPRINGFIELD
KNEW HIM. HE RAN AGAIN AND BECAME AN ILLINOIS STATE
REPRESENTATIVE. THEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
DOUGLAS WANTED TO KEEP SLAVERY AND LINCOLN WANTED
TO STOP SLAVERY. LINCOLN WON! AS HE LEFT SPRINGFIELD, HE
MADE HIS FAREWELL SPEECH AT THE END OF THE TRAIN.
 CHAPTER 5 CIVIL WAR
A GREAT CIVIL WAR BEGAN. LOTS OF SOLDIERS WERE
NEEDED. ABE LINCOLN DID NOT WANT TO BE TWO SEPARATE
COUNTRIES. THERE WERE LOTS OF BATTLES. THE UNION WAS
SLOWLY CONQUERING THE WHOLE COUNTRY. ALL THE SOLDIERS
THAT DIED IN THE BIGGEST BATTLE IN GETTYSBURG,
PENNSYLVANIA WERE BURIED IN A SPECIAL GRAVEYARD.
THEN LINCOLN GOT INVITED TO SPEAK THERE. ABE WANTED TO
KEEP IT SHORT, BUT GOOD, AND IT WAS. THAT IS HIS MOST
FAMOUS SPEECH, THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. THEN THE UNION
WON THE CIVIL WAR. ABE MADE HIS SPEECH AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.

CHAPTER 6 FORD’S THEATER

MEANWHILE, DURING THE SPEECH JOHN WILKES BOOTH WAS
LISTENING CAREFULLY TO LINCOLN’S SPEECH, HE WAS
PLANNING TO KILL LINCOLN. A FEW DAYS LATER THERE WAS A
PLAY AT FORD’S THEATER. LINCOLN WENT TO WATCH IT.
MEANWHILE, JOHN WILKES BOOTH WAS SNEAKING AROUND
TRYING TO FIND LINCOLN. THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAY
THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM! JOHN WILKES BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN!
LINCOLN DIED THE NEXT MORNING. MARY SAW IT ALL HAPPEN.
25% OF THE UNITED STATES SAW HIS FUNERAL TRAIN HEAD
FOR SPRINGFIELD. JOHN WILKES BOOTH WAS KILLED IN A FIRE,
LATER. HIS GRAVE SAYS NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES.
 THE PIRATES
BY NOLAN

“GO GET THEM,” SAID CAPTAIN BOGUGLE. THE PIRATES WERE SO

TIRED OF CAPTAIN BOGUGLE BOSSING THEM AROUND. THE PIRATES LIFE
FOR ME WAS GETTING KIND OF QUIET. IT SOUNDED LIKE YO….. HO…..
YO…..HO….. THE…..PIRATES…..LIFE…..FOR…..ME.

YEAH SO LET’S GET ON TO THE REAL POINT. CAPTAIN BOGUGLE

WAS BOSSING THEM AROUND TOO MUCH, WAIT DID I ALREADY SAY THAT.
ONE DAY THE LOOKOUT GUY SAW ANOTHER SHIP .

CAPTAIN BOGUGLE HAD AN IDEA, THEY WOULD ATTACK THAT

SHIP. THE PIRATES WERE SCARED, THEY KNEW THEY HAD DONE THIS
MANY TIMES, BUT LOTS OF THERE PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED TRYING TO
GET GOLD. THEY HAD A SECRET MEETING.

THEY DID NOT SUCCESSFULLY TAKE OVER THE BOAT. THE OTHER
BOAT TOOK OVER THEIR BOAT.
 THE RUNAWAY HORSE
BY NOLAN

ONE DAY A HORSE RAN AWAY.

“OH NO I’M LOST,” CRIED THE HORSE. THE ANIMALS TRIED TO CHEER HIM UP
BUT IT DIDN’T WORK.

“DON’T WORRY,” SAID THE KING OF FROGS. HE TRAVELED AND TRAVELED HE

LOOKED FOR A HOME.

THE TURTLES ASKED HIM TO LIVE WITH THEM BUT HE SAID, “NO IT’S NOT
WHERE I BELONG.” THE HORSE COULD NOT FIND ANY OTHER HORSES. HE WALKED
AND WALKED AND THEN FINALLY ONE DAY HE FOUND A FARMER. HE WAS SO HAPPY.
HE BEGAN TO LOVE RACING. HE BECAME A RACEHORSE.

HIS PARTNER WAS NAMED RANDY. HE LOVED RANDY. THEN THE BIG RACE
CAME. THERE WERE TWELVE HORSES IN THE RACE. RANDY’S NUMBER ONE RIVAL
WAS IN THE RACE. GEORGE THOMAS WAS RANDY’S NUMBER ONE RIVAL. THE RACE
STARTED. GEORGE WAS IN THE LEAD. THE HORSE DID NOT GIVE UP. HE SHOT RANDY
RIGHT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. THEY HAD WON

“OH YES, WE WON!” YELLED RANDY!

THE CROWD WENT WILD! THEY SCREAMED FOR RANDY AND WHO NOW IS
KNOWN AS WINNER. THAT WAS THE HORSE’S NAME. THEY ALL HAD A BIG PARTY
THAT NIGHT. WINNER WENT TO BED HAPPY, VERY, VERY HAPPY. HE LOVED EVERY
SINGLE BIT OF IT.