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 A 17-year-old apprentice has four more years to serve his master at a shop in Williamsburg. When the boy was 14, his father and his master signed a seven-year contract for his training. For a sum, the master agreed to teach, feed, clothe, and house the lad. The master also got the benefit of the boy’s work six days a week. Unloading crates of goods, assisting customers, weighing coins, and keeping accounts are a few of the jobs the apprentice has learned. He finds all of them dull and painstaking. The master insists that in the evenings at home the lad practice penmanship and read the Bible.
Williamsburg, the capital, holds greater attractions for the young man. The players are back in town with new comedies and songs, and the taverns brim with legislators, attorneys, and travelers talking of politics and lands beyond the western mountains. The boy longs for a break from the monotony of his life with his strict master. What has he to look forward to but working in someone else’s shop? He has complained to his father. His father sides with the master.
 Your students will enjoy an illustrated version of this Character Scenario in the KIDS ZONE.
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Historic Triangle