September 25,1347 (night)
Dear Buttons,
More and more people in the town are dieing. Papa believes that God is punishing man kind for their sins.
Mother still believes it is the meat, but the doctors and bishops of the church said it is animals. I dont understand what animals have to do with this but I'm just a child.
Anyway tonight we didn't have meat for dinner, we had a lot of vegetables and fruits. Papa says we need to keep up our health and eat less meat to resist catching the great plague.
But I know whats going on...we are short on food. When I asked mother she refused to answer me, I looked over at silvester playing with his ball of yarn.
He looked so happy. Completely unaware of everything. For the first time in so many weeks I smiled.
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The Black Death: Dairy of Arabella Tybalt
Historical FictionAs many of you know the black death also known as the black plague was a horrible disease going around in the 1340s. The diary of Arabella Tybalt takes you through the entire time. The diary was given to me as a school project a long time ago, but i...
