Short Story : 'You Sure YouRe Ok In There'

He stood by the post office for hours trying to attract the attention of every pickup that pulled into the lumberyard, but he had no luck at all. He was making his way back to America when he noticed that someone was on the shoulder of the road up ahead. It was Delaney that was off on the side of the road and Candido froze. As he was thinking about the accident all over again he heard Delaney shout “You

The newspaper was taped in the inside, so Bud snuck out the shed and went inside the house. Right after pouring warm water on Todd’s bed and hiding the family’s shotgun, Bud grabbed his suitcase and headed for the local library.

My first impulse was to get it into my mouth as quickly as possible, but I remembered where I was. I ran home, and on our front porch I examined my loot. The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigley’s Double-Mint.”

“I found it!” and quickly sent it to the email address in the small slip of paper. As we waited, I turned to my mom and whispered, “I almost had a heart attack! I started shaking. I did not want to come back here again because we missed a single paper.”

Mike steals Penn 's essay from his desk. He balls it up and tosses it to trash before the teacher walks in. During class Crash get curious and reads the essay. He finds out a lot about Penn and his 93 year old

“The boy went back to the corner where he had been studying and pulled out a thick book carefully covered in brown paper.” (pg 233)

The reporters and police interview Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry in the hospital waiting room. Sodapop jokes with the reporters and hospital staff. The doctors finally come and say that Dally will be fine but that Johnny’s back was broken when the roof caved in. Even if Johnny survives, they add, he will be permanently disabled. The next morning, Ponyboy is making breakfast when Steve Randle (Sodapop’s best friend) and Two-Bit come in with the morning newspaper. The papers draw Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally as heroes for rescuing the schoolchildren. They also mention Ponyboy’s excellent performance on the track team, in school. The papers mention that the state will charge Johnny with manslaughter and send both Ponyboy and Johnny to juvenile court.

Gil Hooley had a popcorn stand that he hauled to the corner where the American Exchange Bank stands today. He sold popcorn every Saturday afternoon and evening. On Sunday it was common fun to pick the stand up and haul it two miles south of town and put it in the creek. Sometimes it could be found on top of Doc Hobb’s office. Gil never knew where he might find his stand on Monday!

On the very next day, a police officer, Walter Day entered into the Pizza store to have snacks at night. He noticed Steve with quarters. The officer asked Steve about the 5 gallon bucket filled with quarters, but he did not replied as he was concentrating on playing Donkey Kong. These quarters seemed little odd to the officer. So in order to carry his investigation, the officer asked the reason and Steve confessed all his plan against the Fun

"Man I hate that stupid Mr Stanley," he muttered. "I'm going to get him back!" Lennie pondered his revenge. Then it came to him in an instant. All he needed to do was to get home to his computer. He began to sprint, as fast as a bullet, through the streets, getting closer and closer to his house. He didn't want his parents to see him so he silently climbed through his bedroom window near the corner of the house. He logged onto his computer and immediately got down to work. He worked and worked. He worked until his skinny, little fingers down to the bone. His prank was going to go down in

At the school Byron gets in trouble all the time. He beats up Larry Dunn for bullying Kenny, He kills a bird by throwing a cookie at it. He is really upset and is crying about that. There parents are frustrated with him. But then one day he comes home with a chemically

The next interesting item that the kids find is a very expensive paperweight. While discussing it, Miss Moore is sure to convey that while the object is very expensive, it’s purpose is very trivial. “”This here costs $480 dollars,” say Rosie Giraffe. So we pile up all over her to see what she pointing out. My eyes tell me it’s a chunk of glass cracked with something heavy, and different-color inks dripped into the splits,

Susie’s mother opened the door to let Molly, Susie’s babysitter, inside. Ten-month old Susie seemed happy to see Molly. Susie then observed her mother put her jacket on and Susie’s face turned from smiling to sad as she realized that her mother was going out. Molly had sat for Susie many times in the past month, and Susie had never reacted like this before. When Susie’s mother returned home, the sitter told her that Susie had cried until she knew that her mother had left and then they had a nice time playing with toys until she heard her mother’s key in the door. Then Susie began crying once again.

There was almost a minute of dead space as Gail searched for the check procedures. The caller asked for the mailing address and Gail said “That’s what I am about to give you sir, if you will get pen & paper.” Also the caller was mixing information up as Gail gave him the mailing address and Gail showed her frustration in verbal sighs.

McMurdo sits down, take out a letter, and briefly looks at it. Then, surreptitiously, he takes a revolver from an inside pocket, checks that it’s loaded, and puts it back.