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The Meaning of Home

There was a homeless man walking around in the cold trying to find some food going to every store, everybody yelling and kicking him out until one faithful store called Cheese Pies. He walked into the store and it had a welcoming feeling. He tried to buy it and went to the dirty counter. Then he looked at the menu and saw “The cheese pie." He saw it, questioned it in his head but ordered it anyway. He said in a loud tone, "Can I get the Cheese Pie?" the cashier said "Oh! Nobody gets that because they all think it's a pie full of cheese but in reality it's a pie full of cheesecake and it's delicious." The homeless man said “Oh cheesecake, how expensive is it?” then the cashier said “$5.99!”. The man only had five dollars, so the man said "I only have five sorry". The man was so sad because he knew the only other restaurant was Patty Cakes, a restaurant owned by Ms Garglefart the most evil woman in the town and she wouldn't just kick him out she would be much worse. The cashier saw this sadness and gave him the cheese pie for free. The homeless man said “Thank you!” Then an old man came from the kitchen and asked the homeless man would you like a job? "The homeless man said “Yes very much” Then the old man said “Come in the kitchen,” then he showed him how to make every food on the menu. It was a very stormy night. Then lightning struck and all the power in the town went black. The heater stopped working and it was cold so the three employees were freezing and all went to the furnace to warm up. They brought a mattress, a sleeping bag, and 3 blankets. Everybody knows that some options to sleep are better than others. They did rock, paper, and scissors for the mattress the cashier won. Now it's rock paper scissors for the sleeping bag or the floor then they went rock paper scissors shoot! The homeless man did rock and the old man did paper so he slept on the floor. The next morning he said to the old man do you know any ways to get a house? "Why do you want a house?” the old man said. "Because I need somewhere to live,” the homeless man said. The old man said “Why not find a home? The homeless man said, "A home and a house are the same thing!" Then the old man said, “A house is just a brick building, a home is way more important than that a home has a family a home can be anywhere there are millions of homes around the world even some that humans don't inhabit you're not homeless your houseless.” The homeless man said, “ I don't have a home.” The old man said then you have one now this very restaurant. Now the homeless man knew the true meaning of home.

Hussain

Grade 5

Milton, Ontario

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