Even though Doodle learned to walk, the narrator wasn’t happy with just that. He wanted to “teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight.” One afternoon at the dinner table a noise from the yard drew the family away from their seats and to the door. There they found a frail Scarlet Ibis, that died short after, Doodle buried it. Later the narrator and his brother got into a skiff and floated down the creek with the tide, Doodle rowed them back to shore. When Doodle got out of the boat he collapsed onto the mud, disappointing the narrator. The narrator walked faster as Doodle struggled to keep up, then the narrator started to run. "Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave
Even though Doodle learned to walk, the narrator wasn’t happy with just that. He wanted to “teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight.” One afternoon at the dinner table a noise from the yard drew the family away from their seats and to the door. There they found a frail Scarlet Ibis, that died short after, Doodle buried it. Later the narrator and his brother got into a skiff and floated down the creek with the tide, Doodle rowed them back to shore. When Doodle got out of the boat he collapsed onto the mud, disappointing the narrator. The narrator walked faster as Doodle struggled to keep up, then the narrator started to run. "Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave