America's Journey To Germany

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A young couple in Germany was finding there is trouble in there town with crime and financial troubles so they packed up everything they had, to make a long journey to America.
So after they made their home and started to walk a 1 week journey to get to the shipping port of Germany. As Bob and Joan on bikes they started going through the city where a lot of why they wanted to leave is going on like crime that has happened and they have been robbed before because of this terrible outbreak of crime in Germany. So as they are going through the madness of the city, they come into a bit of a problem. Joan’s bike breaks down in the middle of the street and they don’t have any extra money to get this repaired. So they have to ditch the bike and continue
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After a long day of about 18 miles they finally make it to the shipping docks around 1am. As they were approaching the boat they notice that there was guards around the boat, so they walk up to the guards. The young couple asked the guards if they could ride on their boat of to America but the guards said no to Bob and Joan. So as they walk away from the boat they sat at the tree line of the forest by the shipping docks, to come up with a plan to get onto the boat. After thinking of a plan for a while they final have one, once they boat is just about to leave and the guards leave their position to get onto the boat that is when they are going to sneak onto the boat and hid in the cargo section of the boat for a week while the boat travels to America. They brought enough food and water to survive the 1 week journey to American. They brought a deck of cards and that’s about it for entertainment for the journey and the rest of the time they are just going to wait it out but also plan on where they are going once they are in the port of Tampa bay. What they want to do is head up in Ohio …show more content…
They are have to sneak out from under neigh the boat, or they might get sent back to Germany. The boat just dock, and they can hear the ropes being tied to the dock. So they have to act quickly or they may get caught by the guards. They made the break to get off the boat and run for land. They run up the stairs of the boats basement to the front deck, and open up the door to sneak off the boat. They saw know body so they made a break for it. They ran down the middle of the dock with people looking at them kind of funny because they are immigrates. They had a little money in their pockets and went to the nearest general store for some supplies for their journey to Ohio. They bought a map and some food for their 4 day journey, and they need to get a move on in till the cargo ship workers find out they were there. They start off on one path that will take you all the way up to Chicago, so they will have to branch off eventually from the trail to get to Ohio. So after the first night it was pretty rough because they had snakes and bugs around their camp site, but was not that rough for what it was. So after the long 3 days left of the journey they finally made it right on the boarder of Ohio and Indiana about 50 miles from

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