The Stranger

By :Chris Van Allsburg

Retold by :Jeremias

OH NO! I've hit man!

Farmer Bailey was driving In his favorite time of year when summer turned to fall. Mr. Bailey was driving and then there was a loud “thump”, he hit man! He helped man get up and took him home.

When Mr. Bailey took him home they made him comfortable. Their daughter Katy peeked in the room. Mr. Bailey whispered to Mrs. Bailey ,”must be some kind of hermit.” They called the doctor, and the doctor concluded that he lost his memory.

Seems that he has lost his memory, no worries he will

get it back in a couple of weeks. Good bye.

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Thank you doctor. Have a good day

now.

Mr. Bailey lent the stranger some clothes. The stranger seemed confused about button holes and buttons. They were having dinner. He watched Katy take some soup and blow on it. He did the same. Mrs. Bailey shivered, she felt a draft.

Brrrrr. It is going to be cold tonight.

The next day Katy looked at the stranger from her room. He walk to the other side of the yard and there was two bunny's. But they hopped his way , not running to the woods. The stranger picked one up and petted it. Later Mr. Bailey went to work on the farm, the stranger decided to go with him. Occasionally Mr. Bailey would stop but the stranger didn’t stop.

There you go little piggy's, eat up.

LATER that day Katy was sat with the stranger on the field watching the geese fly down south as they usually do every fall time in a perfect “V” formation.

Another week passed Farmer Baily could not help but realize how peculiar the weather had been. Just last week it felt like fall was just around the corner. Now it still feels like summer, like if the seasons could not change. The hot days made the pumpkins grow even larger . The leaves stood green, just like it had been before.

What is up with my pumpkins!?!

One day the stranger went to the highest hill on the Baily’s farm and looked to the north and saw a weird sight. The trees in the distance were bright red and orange. But the trees on the south there was nothing but a shade of green trees. They seemed so drab to the stranger. It would be so great, he thought ,if all the leaves were red and orange.

I wish all of them were orange.

When it was time for dinner the stranger was in his old shabby clothes. By the tears in his eyes the Baileys knew that he was leaving. He hugged them and then dashed out the door. The Baileys ran after him to wave goodbye but he was gone. Every fall since the stranger had left the same things happen ant the Baileys farm. The trees that are around it stay green. Then the next day they would change colors. And on the farm windows say, “ See you next fall.”

When it was time for dinner the stranger was in his old shabby clothes. By the tears in his eyes the Baileys knew that he was leaving. He hugged them and then dashed out the door. The Baileys ran after him to wave goodbye but he was gone. Every fall since the stranger had left the same things happen ant the Baileys farm. The trees that are around it stay green. Then the next day they would change colors. And on the farm windows say, “ See you next fall.”