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My Grandfather

            
             In the book "My Grandfather's Cape Breton" there are lots of ups and downs for Clive and grandpa. What I am going to do in this essay is show you some of these things.
             One of the up's for Clive is he loved learning how to farm. Once he learned how to farm he loved farming with grandpa. While he was on his stay in Cape Breton he met a girl and fell in love with her her name was Ann.
             Clive has his down's to for instance he had failed grade eight that year and on top of that he got kicked off the foot ball. Clive couldn't do anything right he was a very clumsy person and his dad always gave him a hard time. He had no confidence and he wasn't sure what he was ding in life.
             But then there is grandpa he also got his ups and down's like.
             He is very old and his wife a couple years back. He loves Clive a lot and when Clive is not around he gets lonely when he was going through life he had 10 kids and it was tough time money wise for him. But know all the kids are moved out and there is lots of money for him.
             Some of the up's for grandpa are for instance he loves working on a farm for a living it's almost a hobby for him. Another thing would be he always wanted to be in the horse races but never got to do it till Clive and grandpa went to the horse races and Clive bid on a horse even though grandpa didn't want him to then grandpa finally got to do what he loved so he was happy Clive bought him. Those are just some of the up's and down's for Clive and grandpa in "My Grandfather's Cape Breton".
            


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