June 8th special day Graduation and that time of year when students decide on how they were going to live the rest of their lives one too such student was Albert Finney straight A student popular with the girls but not so with one paticular person a neighbor that would not leave Albert alone.Old man Westward who lived alone after his wife died he was eighty three and always yelling at Albert when he walk by,' You'll end up like me one day.' Albert laughed ,' I'm gonna make something of my life Mr. Westward be police officer or President one day. ' Westward shook his head. Albert in time did make something out of his life but he became a well known writer had a wife and married,but after three bestsellers his books finally didn't sell his life began to fall ,his wife left him and one day at the age of eighty three Albert was sitting on the front porch of his house the same one own by Westward and a young man walk by he looked familiar to Albert,' What is your name young man ? ' he ask .The young man answer Timmy Westward son of old man Westward, Timmy smiled,' Your Albert Finney my dad told me about you, he laughed,' So how does it feel now your the one sitting on the front porch old man my father never meant you any harm,that was his way of showing he cared .' Albert shook his head,' He had a funny way of showing it.' Timmy started walking away,but turn and said,' He was my father.' Albert cried he was right after all becareful how you live your life you may regret it one day,.end.
Let this coming of age story of a boy named Bean take you back to a simple time. Set in a small southern town in the 1960's, encircled by a river and gleaming white cotton fields.