When Hattie is walking up her Nana and Papa's driveway with her parents the front door bursts open and a figure runs out screaming, "Dorothy! Johnathan! Hattie! Oh, ho, ho, ho!!"
He gives them all big hugs and they hug him back while saying, "Hi Adam!"
They follow him in the house where he keeps on talking a mile a minute. They all sit down for dinner where Adam has his elbows on the table and his hand in his glass. He knows that Nana is getting mad and impatient but shows no sign of stopping. During dessert he tries to slurp down his whole ice cream and that's when Nana starts yelling, "Adam that does it!"
Adam is already out of his seat and stomping away.
That was the event that happened the first time 12 year old Hattie had ever met her uncle Adam. She was just told she had an uncle the night before and was extremely excited to meet him. Her parents also told her that Adam has some problems, mental problems. Hattie's mom said, "Adam has been living at a special school since he was very small but the school has closed so Adam will be staying with Nana and Papa until they find another school for him.
Hattie was excited that she would have another person to keep her company during the summer while her best friend was on vacation.
Hattie and Adam got to know each other very well and were good friends. All of the tenants at Hattie's boarding house also got to know Adam. Adam even had a crush on Angle Valentine, one of the tenants.
One day Adam came skipping to Hattie's in search for Angel. He had brought her flowers. Hattie let him in, and ran right up to her room he opened the door and he dropped the flowers and ran away crying. Angel had her boyfriend with her. Adam ran out the door and kept running. Later that day Nana called to see if Adam was at Hattie's house but Hattie replied no. Nana explained how she hadn't seen him all day. Hattie's parents and Nana and Papa go out to search for Adam and didn't come back till late that night. When they got home they asked Hattie to sit on the couch. When she was seated her parents told her what happened, "Adam hung himself in Nana and Papa's shed."
That night Hattie cried herself to sleep while thinking of the great memories she had with Adam.
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That was very well written. I liked how you used quotes from the story. When you summarize the story I felt as if I were actually there. That was a great first blog entry.
ReplyDelete(Corner of the Universe.)I thought your post was very good because it was very desriptive even if I didn't read the whole story. I felt like I know most of the details.
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