Mitch's Tall Tale Analysis

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Mitch's Tall Tale In Tacoma, Washington on January 15, 2002, St. Mary’s Hospital welcomed the perfect child, soon to be named Mitch. His happy parents took him home from the hospital as eight pound child and an astonishing 24 inches of height. From his mother he took his chocolate colored eyes, and from his father the most beautiful shade of brown as hair. Some say your growth spurt starts when you are 12 or 13, but Mitch's started as soon as he got home from the hospital. He grew taller by the day and his parents were were worried about how tall he would become when he is older. He was gigantic by the age of three, for was five feet tall. There hopes were that he would stop growing, but there was no luck. The poor child stood out of a

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