"Cuckoo, Cuckoo!" The clock struck a quarter past 5 in the evening.
I jumped off my rocking chair and raced to the kitchen. I saw my beautifully baked pound cake had risen perfectly in the oven. It was ready just in time for Miss Caroline to come home to celebrate her first day of teaching in Maycomb. I put the oven-mitts on and began slowly taking the golden cake out of the oven until suddenly I heard the front door slam shut. I turned in fright, and the next thing I knew, the cake was splattered all over the floor. I saw a teary, red-faced Miss Caroline running through the corridor heading to her new room. Before I had the chance to comfort her with the idea of cake, the door slammed in my face. Her first day obviously didn’t go very well. …show more content…
I went to go see if Miss Caroline had settled down. I knocked on her bedroom door but there was no answer. I decided to go in as I was worried about her so I opened the door gently as to not make a sound. As my eyes glanced around the always spotless room, I glimpsed a notebook laying open with the words 'Darn those Finch children' scrawled across the top of the page in neat hand writing. I seldom invade others privacy but when it is concerning the beloved Finch children I could hardly stop myself. Coming closer to the book, I peered inside to see what it said. It seemed that Miss Caroline had been writing in her diary about her miserable first day as a teacher in