Creative Writing – Back Home in South Alabama

... Creative Writing - Back Home in South Alabama When I was a child back home in South Alabama, whenever I would get real rambunctious and wouldn't go to bed, all my folks had to do was tuck me in and tell me about Ol' Sleepyhead. It was a story, a myth about a inscrutable woman who could never fall asleep, but the story has more then meets the eye. The story goes like this - many years ago, there used to be this old couple named Flowers who lived on a huge farm outside of town. Mr. Flowers was a very prosperous farmer with bountiful fields and lots of livestock. Even in the driest months, the old man still found a way to make lots of money off his land. And the more successful he got, the more his farm grew. "Well, you know what they say about having lots of

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