When You Name a Skunk
Dominican College, Fortwilliam, Y8 & Y9
6th December 2023
“I’ve repeatedly been told that I need to work on the farm, but I’ve always been interested in getting an education,” wrote Theo in his journal in bed one night. This is what his mother had wanted. She had disappeared less than a year ago, and everyone proclaimed her dead.
Theo had woken up from a recurring nightmare. Every time this happened, he wrote in his journal.
His mother had unexpectedly disappeared the previous year, on Tuesday, 7th of December 1923...