After nine years when John Beal returned home to
Seattle from
Vietnam, he overcame three heart attacks in seven months. One day, when he had a stress and heart disease, he had only two options: an “open-heart surgery the next morning, or be dead within a year”. John decided to run away from the hospital and walked the mile and a half home.
One day Beal was drawn to Hamm Creek, it was very dirty and almost destroyed place. And suddenly he knew that he had to spend the time left to him to clean up the creek. He began hauling out garbage. After time Hamm Creek was saved from rubbish and John noticed that a large weight had begun lifting from his heart.
After that Beal figured out how to bring the creek back to life. He seeded the banks with buttercups, planted bushes and saplings. A fisherman brought him two salmon, but they died without spawning. Disappointed but determined, John opened the female and placed her caviar into the water. He didn’t know if what he had done made sense. But soon the creek glistened with baby salmon.
Now Beal patrolling in a boat, videotaping factories that dumped chemicals. He doesn’t worry about the enemies he’s made from different factories near the creek. The great-great-grandchildren of his first two salmon have come back to Hamm Creek to spawn. Birds nest in the trees he has planted. And John Beal is happy!
Good but make sure that you put the MLA citation at the end of your summary of the article, okay? You know how to do that now from what we have talked about in class. I’ll put your username back on my blogroll if you keep up with the posts you are missing. You should summarize two articles relevant to your research paper and also write up a recap of your interview with one of the four widows you heard talk to you.
Comment by Kristina — March 22, 2007 @ 11:40 am