An effective thesis statement should be

based on opinion
clear and concise
just a few words long
open to interpretation

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

lol

today at the bank, an old lady asked me to check her balance. so i pushed her over.

because she needs money