John Endres
English
3rd Period
The Beginning
Bob was born in the USA. He was born on September 14, 1998 into a loving family. His dad Bill, worked at a meat packing company while his mom Jen stayed at home. Bob also had an older brother, Pinto, who was 4 at the time Bob entered the world.
Bob displayed interest in trucks at a very early age. When he was 2, Bob would talk and play with trucks. He used to take his collection of 15 Tonkas and line them up in the kitchen largest to smallest while shouting out orders to ".. move this load over there, " or "push that pile of dirt into the hole," "come-on move it move it now!!" The parents became very concerned because of his strange actions towards his toys. They decided to take Bob to a shrink. The shrink advised them that it was probably just normal 2 year old behavior.
After Bobs fourth birthday, his parents decided to bring him back to the psychiatrist because the behavior toward his toys did not change. As a matter of fact, things had gotton worse, much worse. One day, Bob began to use his trucks and other toys to build a construction site. While his mother was putting in a load of laundry, Bob decided to carry into the house four truckloads of sand from outside. He dumped the loads into piles around the kitchen. This became the construction site. When his mother came up from the basement, she looked in horror at the devastation of her newly refinished hardwood floor. When his mother began to question him about why he would do this, Bob replied, "I didn't do it."
The counselor told the parents that Bob needs major intervention. After talking it over, Bill and Jen decided to keep Bob at home and not put him through the counseling process. Bob's parents thought that putting Bob into counseling would ruin his imagination.
At the age of 5 Bob still has issues. His parents tried every home remedy only to make it worse. Bob just plain had issues. When he entered kindergarten, his teacher Miss Shepherd, would regularly have to send him to the office because he would not stop talking to his toys. In first grade everything that was bad turned worse. Now instead of just talking with his toys, Bob began hitting everything with his hammer. Bobs parents became scared of him because of his hammer. Bobs older brother, Pinto, even though he was 9 had taken multiple trips to the emergency room because of Bob's wild hammer rampages. His first grade class nicknamed him "Strong-Hammer."
Bill and Jen decided to Homeschool Bob for his elementary years, with hopes of curing his strange behaviors. While in the fourth grade Bob began to refuse to do school related work. Instead he would spend his time building or destroying items around the house. After his third year of Homeshcooling, his parents had finally given up.
Bob had one person that he looked up to. His name was Pablo Sanchez. He was Bills brother, also known as Uncle Pablo. Uncle Pablo owned a construction business in a nearby town called, Pablo and Pals. He had been in business for thirty years. They would build anything their customers wanted.
Pablo was invited to stay at Bill and Jens house for the Christmas holiday. When he arrived on Christmas Eve, he was shocked to find his nephew Bob in the bedroom removing the wall separating his room from the bathroom. Pablo knew this kid had skills that could be put to good use. He talked to his brother Bill about letting Bob move in with him. After an hour of persuading him, Bill finally turned in and they set a date.
When Bob moved into Pablo's house he was very excited. It was Bobs first time in his Uncles house.
Bob worked with his Uncle for four years. During that time he learned a lot of things about construction.