“Do you want to check this one? There are no bullets in it. It can’t hurt you.” Ernest handed him the rifle. “Just because everybody in town thinks I’m crazy, is no sign that I am.”
“What are you going to do with them? Isn’t it illegal to have this many guns?” He asked and took the rifle, looked at it before placing it on the sofa with the other ones.
“It’s not illegal to have guns. No one’s fired these in more than fifty years. How do you like my collection?”
“They’re nice, I like them.”
Once he placed the guns on the sofa. Ernest began removing old knives from the trunk and placed them on the sofa alongside the guns. The more knives he removed, the more it shocked Justin. When Ernest saw the expression on his face, he asked, “Are you okay?”
“I’m all right. That’s more guns and knives …show more content…
How do you live without electricity?”
“I’ve got candles and a battery operated light to see my way around in the dark,” Ernest boasted.
“I don’t understand how you live without a TV? That’s not possible. How do you stay in here when they turn off your electricity?” According to his mother, Ernest lived alone in the house and no one ever visited him. His mother’s knowledge of his activities puzzled him. “I suppose you know you aren’t in any danger coming in here.” “I should go on home,” Justin said. “I don’t want to get in trouble with my mom. My parents don’t like you, but I do.”
“Would you tell me why?” Ernest asked, hoping to hear a different reason why Louise didn’t like him.
“Well, I can’t remember all the reasons, but Mom said some nasty things about you.” Justin stuttered, “She said you’re crazy, and it’s dangerous for me to be with you. Some people said you cook and eat our pets while other people said, you keep prisoners in the
“What are you going to do with them? Isn’t it illegal to have this many guns?” He asked and took the rifle, looked at it before placing it on the sofa with the other ones.
“It’s not illegal to have guns. No one’s fired these in more than fifty years. How do you like my collection?”
“They’re nice, I like them.”
Once he placed the guns on the sofa. Ernest began removing old knives from the trunk and placed them on the sofa alongside the guns. The more knives he removed, the more it shocked Justin. When Ernest saw the expression on his face, he asked, “Are you okay?”
“I’m all right. That’s more guns and knives …show more content…
How do you live without electricity?”
“I’ve got candles and a battery operated light to see my way around in the dark,” Ernest boasted.
“I don’t understand how you live without a TV? That’s not possible. How do you stay in here when they turn off your electricity?” According to his mother, Ernest lived alone in the house and no one ever visited him. His mother’s knowledge of his activities puzzled him. “I suppose you know you aren’t in any danger coming in here.” “I should go on home,” Justin said. “I don’t want to get in trouble with my mom. My parents don’t like you, but I do.”
“Would you tell me why?” Ernest asked, hoping to hear a different reason why Louise didn’t like him.
“Well, I can’t remember all the reasons, but Mom said some nasty things about you.” Justin stuttered, “She said you’re crazy, and it’s dangerous for me to be with you. Some people said you cook and eat our pets while other people said, you keep prisoners in the