When Abe was a boy...

*Abraham was born on February 12, 1809 in a one-room log cabin  in Hodgenville, Kentucky

*Abraham had a sister named Sarah.

* Sarah and Abe went to school in a tiny, one room cabin.

* Abe loved writing words.  He practiced writing them using a stick in the dust.

* Abe's dad moved his famliiy to Indiana when Abe was a boy because  he was upset that slavery was allowed in Kentucky.

*At Abe's childhood home his dad built a fire tokeep the wolves and panthers away!

*To build a cabin, Araham swung his ax alongside the big boys in an  effort to cut down trees.

*Abe was so busy working he had no time for school!