1. That Little Old Lady By: Gary Flamino

2. The Little Old Lady By: Gary Flamino

4. There once was a 70 year old woman named Megan Burgers. She was a funny old lady, but I knew she had come to tell me that she was lonely.

6. Megan was married for 35 years before her husband died. She has lived in Denver, Colorado her whole life.

8. Megan had this problem of not liking people very much. Most people are wondering why she doesn’t like them???

10. Was it that her house was really scary and her grass never got cut at all? I think I heard the grass whisper, “Cut me!”

12. One day, there were three children walking by the house named Chase, David, and Nicole. Megan watched them walking from her front window. Maybe she was really lonely.

14. So, Megan walked out just to yell at them for walking by her house. The children screamed and screeched, “AHHH!!” Then they ran down the road to their houses.

16. The next day, the children came back to Megan's house to ask her why she had yelled at them. She told them, “I’ve been really lonely since my husband died a couple years ago, and I’ve been really depressed about it.”

17. That would be as nice as pie.

18. So, the three children asked her if they could help do anything for her or just hangout with her. Megan said, “That would as nice as pie!”

20. For the next couple weeks, David, Nicole and Chase helped and kept her company. They all knew this would make Megan really happy.

22. When they all finished the work, they were all happy it was done. They all continued to be friends. Happily, Megan isn’t feeling depressed anymore.

23. Gary Flamino is a junior at the Lawrence County Career & Technical Center and he is enrolled in the machine technology program. He is from the Neshannock Area School District.