This story is set back in 1950.

Well hi my name is marina and I don't actually like raisins that much as you will see. Let me tell you about my first encounter with my first raisin.

It was a sunny day like every day in Carmel. I had lived here all my life with my mother, my father, and my 3 annoying brothers they were Jon, Edward and Nathan. Grrrr boys anyway my mother came running up the stairs screaming "EVERYONE, EVERYONE guess what they just rationed raisins".

"Oooooh I have never tried a raisin ever in my life" said Edward he was 14, Jon was 16 and Nathan was 12.

No one had ever tried a raisin before, my mother sent me out straight away with the ration card to go get these so called amazing "raisins" with the rations we had been saving for our casserole this Sunday! But I didn't want to argue I was a lady after all.

I ran as fast as I could not taking one look back I was determined to get these raisins for my mother, or she would get the cane out on my back or worse my hands! She told me to run as fast as I could. She told me she knew everyone would be running to buy raisins and soon enough they would be all out.

As I ran up to the market I saw a sea of people all crowding round where the raisins were being given out. I thought to myself there is no chance I'm going to get them now I'll get the cane for sure. But then I said quietly to myself "marina you can do this you are 2 times smaller than all those people you can just go under them!"

So I started shoving and ducking and crawling under legs hearing all sorts of bad words as they knew what I was doing.

finally after all sorts of scratches I got to the front I jumped up and said "hey mister pass me a tin of those raisins there" and then the man turned around and tin, he asked for my ration card I gave it to him but he said to me that we didn't have enough money on our ration card.

I was so upset and confused I said to him "no, no, no you don't understand my family have been saving up for a week we have enough money".

But I turns out one of my idiotic brothers had stolen the card and bought sweets with it! It was probably Jon he was so stupid and selfish he only ever thought of himself. But because he was the oldest mother never believed me when I told off him I always got the blame and that's why I have so many scars from the cane!

I saw an old lady come to the front and I said "hey lady there's a cue and I'm first so BACK OF THE CUE OLDY!"

But then the most amazing thing happened the old lady said "here I will take 2 tins one for me and one for the little girl here". She was talking about me! So the man said "sure thing your a very lucky little girl" gave me one tin the old lady the other, gave me my card and the old lady just walked off!

I ran after her of course and when I got to her I thanked her so much and told her that I would tell my parents of her gratitude I told her that if she told me her I address my parents would save up and I would bring the money round. But she refused and said that it was fine.

So I told her that she should at least come round for dinner, but again she refused I told her I was so sorry for being so rude to her and she just walked away.

I ran home straight away told my mother all the about it gave her the tin. She didn't believe me of course she just said "people aren't that generous these days Marina stop talking nonsense. But of course I saw it and I was true.

Then my mother ripped open this tin of raisins, gave me one I put it in my mouth swallowed and I said "all that just for a shrivelled up grape this is a load of tripe".

And then my mother walloped me one I got sent up to have a bath I wasn't to come down I was to go straight to bed without supper. And all I could hear when I was in bed was all my family having fun.

So a lesson to learn is don't judge people and not to disrespect the raisin in front of your mother!