Cassie and the boys would walk to school everyday and a white boy, …show more content…
I grabbed some carrots and took it over to Cassie and the boys, before i walked into the room I heard whispering, I stood at the door and listened.
“Little man we can’t tell ma” Stacy whispered in a serious voice. Little man started to say something then i walked into the room. They all froze. I offered them some dinner, but all them stayed silent. I put down the crops and asked them if they wanted to tell me anything. Little man began to talk but Stacey shut him up. I accepted that they didn’t want to tell me, so i left the room. I shut the door behind me and as i was walking away, I heard little man start whispering “If we don’t tell mama we can get caught.”
Cassie responded saying “little man if ma finds out it was us who caused the bus to crash she will beat us and tell the night men. That is when i realized what has been going on. I didn’t know what to do, so i walked back to the kitchen and ate with big ma. I knew if i told big ma she would make sure the night men knew then everyone could get in a lot of trouble. I looked at the newspaper to see more about the incident. When i read that them night man were on the look out for who caused the incident I rushed to the children's room, and that is when i knew that they should know that i knew what they did. I knocked on the door hesitantly. Then told them i knew it was them that caused the big crash.I then began to speak, “ How’d ya’ll do …show more content…
You guys could've really hurt someone you're lucky that ya’ll didn’t get caught. I grabbed the whip and went back to their room. I felt real bad whipping them but i had to, so i whipped each of them. Then we all talked about how we need to keep this a secret and they can’t tell ANYONE. They understood why this was such a big deal, and they came and ate dinner. I told the kids that i thought it was a little funny what they did, the white kids deserved to see how it feels to walk to school everyday. The night men never found out and the kids and i were so relieved and a little happy that them white kids got to feel how it was