A STORY ABOUT AN INDIAN by John V.

Once upon a time there was an Indian named Vieques who came to Nantucket to find a real job.  Also he was from Virginia.  Then he tried to get a job, to be a blacksmith but it didn’t work.  Then he tried to get a job to be a carpenter, it worked.  After he got the job he was so happy that he was in tears.  The next day Vieques started working for a man named Alex Ovechkin.  Then Alex Ovechkin said to Vieques, “can you drill a hole in my door Vieques and paint the door knob blue please”.  “Now I will be off my way to go to sleep in the woods”.  “But wait said Alex Ovechkin”.  “You can stay with me in my house, you will love it”.  “All right said Vieques.  After that Vieques did really well in his life fixing houses for other people.  The end.  The year was 1892.