Journal #3 from the perspective of Miss Maudie.
It was a quite enough evening, cold, bone chillingly cold. The whole night I was fearful for my flowers well being. However, I was able to finally get to sleep after lighting a fire in the kitchen for my potted plants. I slept without interruption until I was awoken by a bright flickering light coming in my door. I immediately disregarded it as just the kitchen fire, but then I realized that I can't see the kitchen from my bed room. With the fanatical quickness of a woman who cares more for her flowers than her own life, I lept from my bed, threw on my robe and was out side of my house faster than you can say "Help my house is on fire!", and that is exactly what i said as I ran outside. when I was on the other side of the street, I was only to house. It seemed that either my cries or the fire had already awoken many other people on the street. Before long Atticus Finch and his two children emerged from their house and because I did not want to isolate myself I went to his side. As I watched my house burn, I debated with myself how I should go about finding a place to stay for the time being. I was fairly well acquainted with Miss Stephanie and i know she wants my Lane Cake recipe but I would never give it to her. I was entrusted with it by my grand mother and I would never give it up. After I thought of that All I could think of was what my flowers would do. Will they be OK? This thought consumed me so much I don't remember anything else till morning when I asked Miss Stephanie and she agreed to let me stay, and I thought that she may be worthy to know my recipe, if she can make any sense of it.
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16 years ago
I liked the descriptive words you used to describe the weather in the beginning.I liked how you described the scene of the fire from Miss Maudie's perspective. I liked how you used the vocabulary throughout your writing.I liked how you talked about how much Miss Maudie cared for her flowers. I thought you did a really good job saying what happened from Miss Maudie's perspective.
ReplyDeleteI liked how descriptive you are about the weather. I think that you could add a little bit more to the important parts because it is a little short and there could be a few more details.
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