Show for vacation with you by billy davis age 11 cleveland tenn we have been learning all about the dictionary meaning of wor words s for nine long months now at long last school is out for the summer vacation and I 1 intend to put into practice the definition mr webster gives for the won darful word VACATION I 1 expect to go swimming an awful lot we live near a big lake called ocoee this is one of the IVA lakes it is in a beautiful valley with dign mountains all around it the is so deep it A is a clear br green we don t own a boat but a man will rent us one for as long as we want it there are lots of tall oak trees to have picnics in arother ar other thing I 1 plan to do a lot of is play baseball in front of our house there is a large level field covered with thick grass and real nice for ball games sev eral era other boys live near us and we have enough to choose up sides mother and daddy have been buying u ing the young readers of A america erica books for my sisters and me they tell all about the great men who built 0 ir country so well men like daniel boone paul revere john paul jones abraham lincoln and many oth ers during school I 1 have MUL I 1 chance to read them but will this summer I 1 enjoy good books behind our house there is a big woods daddy is going to put up a real high swing f for 01 us the gro md ind slants up aretty steep so we can go way out over the ground my sisters their names are barbara ann and nancy aline are littler than me so I 1 will swing them a whole lot these are just a few of the things I 1 plan to do during this ummer s vacation that looks better to me than what mr web ster calls a vacation I 1 hope you have a good time this summer too |