Tuesday, February 24, 2009

a raisin in the sun



I think mama should give the money to travis for his future college application. Then she should probably give the rest of the money to Bentha for her medical schooling to become a doctor. Mama could listen to Ruth and take that vacation to South America or Europe. I think giving the money to Walter to start his own buisness is a good investment, but Mama thinks he is going to lose the money. What she should do is spread the money amongst eveyone equally so that everyone gets there fair share. That way everyone could invest the money in whatever they want to do in the future.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Suspicious Stranger

The Suspicious Stranger
By: Greg salais
Contents
Chapter 1…The phone call
Chapter 2…The alley way
Chapter 3…The moon
Chapter 4…The feeling
Chapter 5…The stranger


Chapter 1
The phone call
I just got done talking on the phone with my friend Armando about how we’re going to T.P. Jarell’s house tonight. Hung up the phone, put on my new black vans that I got yesterday and put on all my black clothing. I tried to sneak in my bathroom and not wake up my parents, but the door was really squeaky. I grabbed all the toilet paper I could find and shove it in my back pack. On my tip toes, I snuck down stairs and out of the front door. It was chilly outside. I could see the mist coming from my breath. I walked through the back alley way so my neighbors wouldn’t see me.
Chapter 2
The alley way
There were no lights in the alley way so it was dark. The neighbor’s dog saw me and started barking at me so I ran down the alley as fast as I could. I was kind of scared running down into a dark abyss, hoping I wouldn’t trip or run into anything, but I did. Trying to remember what the alley way looks like, I remembered that there was a trash can at the corner. The trash can that I just ran into. It made a super loud crashing noise but it broke my fall. It smelt like an old dead rat had been living in there. As I was on the ground trying to get up, I look to my left and see a light at the end of the alley. It was an opening to the street. I walk under the street lamp and see that I have a bunch of Top Romin noodles and gross green substance all over me.
Chapter3
The moon

As I walked down the street, I had this strange feeling in me. I look up and it is a full moon. It was a bright moon. It felt like it was glaring down at me, like an all seeing eye. If I were to turn off all the street lamps you could still see the sidewalk clearly. I felt awkward when people were driving by and looking at me like I just robbed a bank. I was afraid that someone would call the cops on me. The sidewalk started going downhill. As I was walking down hill I look across the street to see a strange man walking up hill.
Chapter4
The feeling
He was wearing black torn up pants and shoes with a khaki colored trench coat. He had his collar popped so you couldn’t see his face. As I walked away from him I started getting a bad feeling in me. A feeling of awkward fear even though I have never felt that way before in my life. I saw Armando at the corner of the street in his all black clothing too. He saw me and waved to me telling me to come quickly. He showed me in back pack all the spray paint cans he has with him. He wanted to do some “tagging up” over at Jerell’s house. We climbed over his neighbors fence into his backyard and started to T.P. all of his trees.
Chapter5


The stranger
Armando grabbed out one of his spray paint cans and as he was about to spray something, a shadow all of a sudden came over us. We turned around slowly and I saw that man. The moon was behind him and all you could see was his piercing blue eyes that gazed at you. It was the man in the trench coat. Armando and I stepped back a few steps then dropped everything and ran towards the fence. After running a few blocks we thought we lost him. We were both out of breath and exhausted. I look back and see nothing there but a plastic bag being blown across the street. We decided that we would never do something that stupid ever again.