In Which We Are Wanted In All 13 Colonies for Desertion

Hello! First off, I want to say that Sarah posted our 200th post yesterday! Happy Birthday-ish-sort-of-thingy! :)
Okay. It all began with the reading of a description in a book- a real description from the Revolutionary War about a deserter from the army. It ran something along the lines of "Is prone to say `I'll swear! I'll swear' and spits between his words." and other very random things like that. So today, while on our hands and knees grubbing carpet weeds out of the rows of corn, we incriminated eachother. I mean, what are we to do after singing songs and chatting generally for an hour? So I casually suggested this strange means of entertainment. I began by telling my cohorts about the above-mentioned description. Then I said, "So while we weed, why don't we describe each other?"
Perhaps because it was a good idea, (or more likely because of lack of something better to discuss :) the others agreed to the hare-brained proposition. I (Rachel) led off describing my dear and cheeky sister Sarah- "Wanted, or Missing: A young woman of middle height and stature- blonde hair, golden eyes. Dents nose when bested. (inside joke) When speaking of her witticisms and other's reactions to them is prone to say: "They were cracking up laughing".
Matthew took his turn with me next: "Wanted or Missing: Young lady of brown hair. Uses old English phrases like "Blast!" and "Heavens to Betsy!" and sometimes breaks into fits of craziness or witticisms."
Christopher and Leah did it to each other in turn, and Sarah did it to Matthew. By the end of the time, we had all become deserters of the Continental Army of America, and were wanted in all 13 colonies! ;) Anyway, that might sound a bit odd to you, but it certainly lent a novelty to our tedious row-vacuuming, and if it was "strange saying what" I "imagined" as Leah said, it was something out of the ordinary, and temporarily entertaining! :) Anyway, do we sound like inventive cousins, or do we sound like young lunatics? You decide! ;) -Rachel

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