Scout knocked on the old, wooden door. Tentatively at first, and then harder every minute that passed that the door was left unanswered. The Cunningham's house must have been little more than a glorified shed even in it's finest years and the door was barely hanging on its hinges. Scout waited patiently for someone to respond to her knocking to return Walter’s pocket knife he left at her house after lunch. She placed her head against the rough door and could hear raised voices coming from inside the house. It seemed to be an argument between an older man and a boy.
Scout snuck inside the unlocked door and instantly recognised these voices to be Walter and his father. She proceeded to follow the sound through the narrow corridors of the Cunningham's house until she reached the opening of a room, careful to stay out of sight.
'I can't go back to school …show more content…
You have everything you want and do anything you want!'
Scout's face turned red and her eyes flashed. 'Really?' She yelled back 'I am prohibited from doing something I love, and that is reading. Miss Caroline also dislikes me!'
'I don't believe you' Walter interrupted.
'I did not want to go back to school either,' Scout continued 'but, we shouldn't let anything stop us from taking opportunities when we can. Walter, you've been given an amazing opportunity by your dad and you will regret not seizing it.'
'But I'm afraid the other's will judge me and make fun of me' Walter protested while walking back to the couch to sit down.
Scout reassured him, 'They won't. Not as long as I'm around.'
'Are…Are you sure?' He stuttered.
Walter's steady flow of tears lessened and the tension in his shoulders and the crinkles in his forehead disappeared.
'Of course' Scout replied.
Walter's father, Mr. Cunningham, who had been listening the whole time, interrupted before the young girl could offer his son anything else. 'Thank you Scout, we appreciate
Scout snuck inside the unlocked door and instantly recognised these voices to be Walter and his father. She proceeded to follow the sound through the narrow corridors of the Cunningham's house until she reached the opening of a room, careful to stay out of sight.
'I can't go back to school …show more content…
You have everything you want and do anything you want!'
Scout's face turned red and her eyes flashed. 'Really?' She yelled back 'I am prohibited from doing something I love, and that is reading. Miss Caroline also dislikes me!'
'I don't believe you' Walter interrupted.
'I did not want to go back to school either,' Scout continued 'but, we shouldn't let anything stop us from taking opportunities when we can. Walter, you've been given an amazing opportunity by your dad and you will regret not seizing it.'
'But I'm afraid the other's will judge me and make fun of me' Walter protested while walking back to the couch to sit down.
Scout reassured him, 'They won't. Not as long as I'm around.'
'Are…Are you sure?' He stuttered.
Walter's steady flow of tears lessened and the tension in his shoulders and the crinkles in his forehead disappeared.
'Of course' Scout replied.
Walter's father, Mr. Cunningham, who had been listening the whole time, interrupted before the young girl could offer his son anything else. 'Thank you Scout, we appreciate