Danika's Journey (Amish Girls Series--Book 2) by J.E.B. Spredemann

Author:J.E.B. Spredemann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cancer, california, orphan, pennsylvania, adoption, boyfriend, paradise, christian romance, chemotherapy, amish, christian fiction, herbs, herbal medicine, chemo, amish fiction, cancer awareness, loss of parents, horse and buggy, christian teen fiction, amish school
Publisher: J.E.B. Spredemann

Chapter 7 – The Englisch Holiday

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

Jonathan, Matthew, and Joshua sat in the pony cart watching Englisch children dressed in strange clothing. They looked down at their own attire, hoping it would sufficiently accomplish their goal. Joshua tied the pony to a street sign and the boys determined which house to go to first.

“Okay. She said that they just knock on the Englischers' doors,” Jonathan informed his friends.

“What should we say?” Matthew asked.

“I don't know,” Jonathan said, shrugging. “I guess we just ask for candy.”

“It will be strange to ask an Englischer we don't know for free candy. Maybe we should offer some money,” Joshua suggested.

“Jah,” Matthew agreed. “I have a few quarters.”

“Alright, let's stop talking and just go. I will knock first,” Jonathan said.

The boys cautiously walked up to a door and Jonathan knocked confidently. A teenage boy with blue spiky hair opened the door, his face completely white. The boys stared wide-eyed at the strange looking boy. Jonathan gulped, but found his voice, “Can we have some candy?”

Matthew offered a quarter to the boy, but the teen simply stared at it. “Man, if my mom caught me taking money from a kid, I'd be in big trouble. Keep your money, kid.” He then took a big handful from the bowl on the table next to him and held it out to Jonathan. Jonathan stood mesmerized. “Hey, didn't you bring a bag or something for your candy?”

Jonathan looked at Josh and Matt and they all shook their heads.

“Okay, then just hold out your shirt and I'll put the candy in there,” the teen said. “Or I can put it in your hat.”

With shirts full of candy, the boys followed the children in front of them to the next house. “This is fun!” Matthew said as he popped a small chocolate bar into his mouth.

The next door yielded a kind, normally dressed Englisch woman. Her eyes lit up and she called her daughter over. “Look at these boys here, Jessica. They're dressed Amish. Don't they look so cute? They remind me of the little boys at the farmer's market.”

The boys stood smiling, as the woman looked over their 'costumes'.

“Didn't you boys bring something to put your treats in?” the woman asked. After the boys shook their heads, she turned to her daughter. “Jessica, go get three plastic grocery bags for these boys. It's a shame their mother would send them out with nothing to put their candy in.”

They continued on to several more houses on the block. “Look at all the candy we've got and we've only been to five houses!” Joshua said excitedly, chomping on a stick of gum he found in his bag.

“And I still have all my quarters! It seems no one wants to take my money for some reason. I feel bad taking all this candy for free,” Matthew said.

“Ach, it's okay. The Englischers like to give us the candy,” Joshua said.

“Jah and I like to eat it!” Jonathan said, taking a lick from the lollipop in his mouth.

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