A child's journal has been found. researchers belive it may be linked to the industrial revolution ages because the child who rote the journal gives us insight into his ife during the time period he was in . this is definetly a piece, of history , historians are amazed in what a good condition the journal is in . here is a copy of a few of his journall entry's
Day1: I'm starting to record my life in case i die at my new job , i heard its deadly . I am 6 years old i can barely read or write cause i dropped out of school to Because i have to work i start work tomorrow and i am scared i think working might be worse than school to be honest.but there is really nothing i can do about it my parents are forcing me to work at this job even though i dont want to so theres nothing i can really do but pray . anyways im going to bed i have to wake up at 2am
Day2: i just got off from my first day on the job it was horrible , i worked over 16 hours and only got paid 5 cents an hour .! i hate it so much i am too tired to do anything .i've cut my hands from the sewing machines so many times i think i lost at least a pint of blood.i only ate breakfast before leaving for work , i am so hungry i have not ate anything in all day but i cant eat right now either. my mom or dad arent back from their jobs yet because they work later shifts than me and i am starving and i dont know how to cook . this is hell
Day 3:my second day on the job wasn't any better i didn't get enough sleep and still had to wake up early , i kept nodding off at work and my boss hit me so i can stay awake . apparently there isn't a law that says that is illegal but i guess . anyways i'm so tired i worked a 18 hour shift. i need a shower because the factory dosent have a/c and its hot so i sweat a lot and i feel dirty but i cant take a shower because we cannot afford water even though it should be free.
Day4:today at work some kid about 5 years old or so cut his finger off right in front of me , i could feel his pain through his cries . it took him awhile to get medical attention because our boss wasn't here and no one receives anything if he isn't here. So the kid bleed for a while until our boss finally got here . i can't wait till im able to quit i hate this .i dont want my finger to get cut off next im scared
Day 5: i talked to my parents about quitting and they said i can't because they need my money to be able to pay for our room . it is a small room we all live in i didn't know it could be so expensive to pay for . i only make 5 cents an hour i deserve more this work isn't easy i'm only 6 years old.i dont want to live with all these strangers some of them are weird and annoying somethings got to change i dont want to live like this forever