After Christmas ,Esther's teacher asked her how she they spent her holiday away from school.
Here is what she wrote:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and
Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house , but Grandpa got
retarded and they moved to La Quinta, California. Now they live in a tin box and
have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on their
bicycles , and wear name tags , because they don't know who they are
anymore. They go to a building called a wreck center , but they must
have got it fixed because it is all okay now , they do exercises there ,
but they don't do them very well. There is a swimming pool too , but
they all jump up and down in it with hats on. At their gate , there is
a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so
nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out , and go cruising in their
golf carts. Nobody there cooks , they just eat out. And , they eat the
same thing every night - early birds. Some of the people can't get out
past the man in the doll house. The ones who do get out , bring food
back to the wrecked center for pot luck. My Grandma says that Grandpa
worked all his life to earn his retardment and , says I should work hard
so I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment , I want
to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out , so they
can visit their grandchildren.