To Kill A Mockingbird Alternate Ending Essay

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After a while the telephone stopped wringing there was total silence in the house it stayed like this for a few hours as Jem and I watched the seconds tick by on the grand father clock in the corner all we did was weight for Atticus to come home. We lay in the lounge room for while but we decided to go to bed. In the distance out of the corner of my eye I thought that I saw Boo slowly moving across his porch like a shadow.

As we clambered in to bed we realized that neither of us were tired as I laid in my bed staring at the sealing. I glanced over at Jem he was just sitting on his bed staring out of the window into the dark shadows surrounding the Radly house. Jem jumped in excitement he calmed down and wisped ”Scout get over here”
“Why” was my reply?
“Boo he he’s come out”
“What should we do”?
“Quick lets go see what he is up to”
As we clambered out of the back door the lights of Atticus’ car reveled Boo sitting in the rocking chair on the porch. Atticus pulled in to the Radly household driveway we were briefly light up by the headlights we quickly ducked down into the bushes surrounding the house. As Atticus got out of the car the stared over at the house it seamed like he had sensed that we were only 20 yards away from
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But the strange thing was there were 4 servings on the table neither of us noticed the scrawny figure sitting on Atticus’ favorite armchair as Boo rose to his feet Atticus came out of his room he greeted him Boo moved up to us then gave Jem and I a large box that was wrapped in newspaper. Before we could unwrap what was inside we were called over to breakfast it felt strange for Boo to be in the house it gave the house an eerie feeling but it was good to see Boo again Jem was extremely exited to say the least. There was a bewildered look on Jem’s face why was Boo Radly here what reason did he have to be having breakfast with

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