A Day In The Life Of A Lepper

A Day In The Life Of A Lepper

Today’s the day, I thought as I layed in bed. The doctor (Charles Upham) was coming once the sun was at it’s highest. As I got out of bed and looked out the window to watch the sunrise. It was a beautiful day and I wondered what was I meant to do today. I thought… after a minute I got up and went to get my breakfast Mr Thomas (the caretaker) made for me and went to my chair to read a comic book and eat my breakfast a few weeks ago the house i now live in was built, life was boring, I couldn’t read, I couldn’t leave my property, I couldn’t do anything.

When Charles finally came I was listening to music, he turned it off and asked me how I was doing and I said I was doing fine. So far I have lost a few fingers and was losing more of my sight each day but other than that I was fine. A 18 months later another lepper came and a house was made for him we each were not allowed out of our property or allowed to go to each other even though we had both had leprosy.

With the new man a bird was brought every day it would fly over my house to his and they would talk, but that didn’t bother me because I had rabbits to keep me company each day they would beg for food and when I went to give it food it would eat it from my hand, it was nice to have some company while it lasted each day more would come but then some had to be shot because over fifteen would come to my house.

Later that day when my tea was brought over by Mr Thomas he yelled out “teas ready” and the left so I went and grabbed my tea, but then i noticed a note made out of large pictures shaped as letters I went inside to read it, it said ‘To Mr Lepper please enjoy this meal i made for you it’s your favorite, I got it off your wife’, and with that I began to eat until I was full. I left the plate on the fence post then entered back into my house lied down to rest.