A Bitter-Sweet Story

Introduction

This all started when our teacher, Mrs. Saufler, brought in an article from the Brunswick Times Newspaper about two dogs that were shot and killed. The dog's names were Huck and Willa. Huck was a town Honorary Sheriff and Willa was a friendly dog. They were owned by Lisa Lattes and W. Hodding Carter.

Hodding Carter is the man responsible for building a Viking ship on Hermit Island near Phippsburg, Maine. The Viking ship has been constructed and it was launched at Hermit Island on Saturday, 4/26/97. It took seven months to build the ship. The ship weighed 12 tons and 24 tons with rocks to balance it.

Mr. Carter thought up the idea of building a Viking Ship in fifth grade when he read the book, The Vikings, by Elizabeth Janeway.

Now, we'd like to share more information about the dogs and Viking ship with you:

• Newspaper article about Huck and Willa's Shooting
• Our letter we wrote to Mr. Carter and Ms. Lattes
• Mr. Carter and Ms. Lattes' letter to us inviting us to see the Viking Ship being built
• Pictures of Huck and Willa before they were shot
• Postcard of the town where Huck, the dog, was Honorary Sheriff
• Pictures we took on our field trip to the Viking Ship
• Hodding Carter and Lisa Lattes came to visit our classroom

Viking 1000 Web Site by Lands Ends.

These pages were created by Mrs. Saufler's 4th grade students, Mrs. Saufler, and Ms. Barrows, our Computer Lab Director, 4/29/97.