Muhammad Hamam A
K-2210053
Abraham Lincoln
Down in kentucky, a farmer and carpenter named Thoma !inco"n wa "i#in$
with hi wife %ancy and two chi"dren, &arah and A'raham(
A'raham wa fi#e year o"d, he a'"e to carry wood and water( He "earned to
track anima" and ca"" of 'ird( )hen he wa e#en year o"d, he wa"ked around *
mi"e away to "o$ choo"houe, where he "earned to write and read(
&hort"y after thi, Thoma !inco"n decided tomo#e to +ndiana( ,nti" there, they
'ui"t houe ca""ed -ha"f-faced houe.( /#ery ni$ht, a fire wa kept 'urnin$ to keep away
wi"d anima"( They "i#ed there for a year(
A'raham "earned to win$ a0e and he"ped hi father to 'ui"d a new ca'in( /#en
he a'"e to ue hi hand, he don1t for$et a'out hi tudy in choo" a hi mother aid -$o
to choo" and "earn whate#er you can.( Hi mother died and &arah 'ecame "itt"e
houekeeper( Thoma 'rou$ht a new wi#e named &arah 2uh 3ohnon, a widow whoe
he had known when he wa a "itt"e $ir"( &he 'rou$ht the "o#e and undertandin$ thah
"one"y chidren needed(
4nce he 'orrowed a 'ook from hi nei$h'or, it wa -!i#e of )ahin$ton. and
the tory of $reat man o facinated the 'oy to read and reread it(
)hen 2araham reached youn$ a$e of manhood, he wa i0 feet and four inche
ta"" with tron$ muc"e and 'ony frame( He admired 'ecaue he cou"d do a"mot a man
cou"d do $ood thin$ 'ut e#en more hi nei$h'our came to him and "iten hi ta"k(
)hen he wa twenty one year o"d, he tra#e"ed to 'eautifu" city 'ut he aw that
made hi heartick too, it1 a "a#e market( He cou"d ne#er for$et thi and aid - if +
cou"d hit that thin$, +1"" hit it hard( He tried e#erythin$ to urpa that threatchery and
thi chance came at the end of 2"ack Hawk )ar( The day came when he wa choen for
the hi$het office poition, The ,nited &tate 5reident(
!inco"n to"d the peop"e to for$et difference and "i#e to$ether in peace( %ow the
preident cou"d "i#e in peace( )hen he at and in a 'o0, a $unhot wa heard( A man
cra6ed with hate, had fired the preident( A'raham on"y "i#ed unti" ne0t day(
&ince hi death the wor"d ha 'ecome to rea"i6e more and more how $reat man
A'raham !inco"n wa( %o American e#er did more for hi country or wa c"oer to the
heart of hi peop"e(