Right when I awoke, I noticed Atticus, my father, sitting next to my bed, a book open on his lap. I tried to get out of bed, and that is when I realized that something was wrong. My elbow was pointing the wrong way. I was taken aback for a second and then it all came flooding back to me. Something awful had happened in my small town of Maycomb.Someone had been after my sister, Scout, and me. First, Scout and I had been walking back from the Halloween pageant. The night had been like black velvet, warm and pitch black. Every now and then, cars would go past us, in the opposite direction. I had looked in Scout’s direction, considering all I had seen were the fat stripes on her costume. I stated, "If some of 'em were goin' in our direction, we could see better," (347). Someone had offered us a ride home and I had started to regret not accepting the offer.
I had taken a hold of Scout's ham costume, helping her to keep her balance. I did not want her to fall in this dark. I may never be able to find her in the dark. We had turned into the schoolyard, which was completely deserted. At that moment, Scout realized that she had left her shoes behind. I said, "Well let's go get 'em," (348).
But luck would have it, that as we turned round, the lights in the auditorium had winked out. It was then even …show more content…
but someone had kicked me down. I had fallen to the ground and had rolled into Scout, who must have fallen in my absence. I had stood up, ignoring the pain the pain from where I was kicked. I had tried to help Scout up, but her costume had been all tangled up. We have made it a few steps when I had been thrown to the ground. I had been lying there dazed and panicked when there had suddenly been a burning pain in my arm. I had screamed at the top of my lungs from the blinding pain. And then it was just black. That was the last thing I remembered. I could sort of recollect the voice of Dr. Reynolds, but that was
I had taken a hold of Scout's ham costume, helping her to keep her balance. I did not want her to fall in this dark. I may never be able to find her in the dark. We had turned into the schoolyard, which was completely deserted. At that moment, Scout realized that she had left her shoes behind. I said, "Well let's go get 'em," (348).
But luck would have it, that as we turned round, the lights in the auditorium had winked out. It was then even …show more content…
but someone had kicked me down. I had fallen to the ground and had rolled into Scout, who must have fallen in my absence. I had stood up, ignoring the pain the pain from where I was kicked. I had tried to help Scout up, but her costume had been all tangled up. We have made it a few steps when I had been thrown to the ground. I had been lying there dazed and panicked when there had suddenly been a burning pain in my arm. I had screamed at the top of my lungs from the blinding pain. And then it was just black. That was the last thing I remembered. I could sort of recollect the voice of Dr. Reynolds, but that was