The Ending

Hello My friends remember me Ivanhoe Tolstoy well we made it to America without mama or the baby we are all very said but excited . We are in the land of dreams were hopes come true, Well i hope so. when we came here to Ellis Island we were packed together in a line so we could get examined and washed and fed real food.When my father got examined they told him we couldn't leave tell they found out are names and they called are last name toiletry which is not correct my father wanted to argue but there was no time and are name got changed. a few weeks later my papa got a job it didn't last long he fell off a roof and broke his back a few weeks after that he died . now we are being sent to a orphanage and i don't want to go we are all being separated. all 5 of my sisters and all 3 of my brothers .We have to stick together we lost papa we lost mama what can we do but stick together. tell next time good bye my friend am tried after this long day.Dasvedanya or good bye in russian

The Start

Hello my name is Ivanhoe Tolstoy, Am 10 years old and I lived in Ukhta A small village in the northern part of Russia AM a Orthodox Jew. We are moving to the United States Because my father is looking for a better life to support are growing family and to see if are religion is welcomed there. The Journey to America was nothing we expected , we were packed in the ship so close together you could hardly breathe and move. Then things got worse Hardly no food only a bit of black bread and moldy looking cheese, the food was already limited and so was the water and that started to run out and the food got moldy. So everyone was starving. At night every one slept on the floor of the ship by people you really didn't know. Then by the 10Th day the ship started smelling badly,nobody has taken a bath for 10 days so it stared to smell and the sanitation on the boat was horrible you earthier went in a bucket or if people were to weak to go in a bucket then they went were they were sitting or standing . By the 2ND month my mother started to get sick she was starving to death and the poor sanitation isn't helping her .We fear we are losing her and the baby, If we lose mother and the baby there is no reason to go to the U.S.. One more day tell we reach Ellis Island!!!! Mother and the baby wont be with us they passed 2 days ago of starvation. We had to throw her body over board we didnt wont to but we had to .Its getting dark out i can see through the porthole i will tell you about the U.S in my next Entry. Good Night my friend tell next time i will see you.