Short Story #1

Reading this book kind of affected me. It made me want to do better with my life and the people that's in it. The Scarlet Ibis is a bird that has a big head, a skinny long neck, and a tiny body which is red and shriveled like an old man's. I think this bird has a strong connection to Doodle, the main character's little brother.

Doodle was a crazy little brother,but not in a bad way, in a good way. He couldn't really talk and he couldn't walk either cause he was really sick.The doctor said he had a weak heart. He wanted to be just like his brother, but his brother didn't to much care for him. His thought that he was an embarrassment to him, so he treated him badly. Doodle's brother told his mom one day that he always wanted a normal little brother. A little brother that he can play football with and all sources of things.But being in the condition that Doodle is in, he wouldn't be able to things like a normal kid would. So, brother tries to teach him to be normal.

"Brother" was a terrible brother. He tries to hard to make Doodle becomes something he's not. He was ashamed of Doodle. He wouldn't even walk with him down the street. So, I guess he thought that if he take him down to the Old Woman Swamp by their selves, then he wouldn't be shy to try to walk. As much as he tried to walk, he crawled more and it made Brother even more mad because the fact was that he couldn't walk. So as days go by in the summer, Doodle learns to walk even more. One day going to the Old Woman Swamp, they saw a bird that looked just like Doodle. And the craziest thing about it is that what ever happens to the bird happens to Doodle. It's like whenever the bird gets sick, Doodle gets sick.

One day something weird was going on with the bird. It looked very tired. Doodle's hands were clasped at his throat and stayed still for so long. At a moment, the bird began to flutter, but the wings were uncoordinated, and amid much flapping and a spray of flying features, it tumbled down, bumping through the limbs of the bleeding tree and landing at our feet with a thud. Then it die.

Doodle and Brother were floating down the creek with the tide. But rolling back against the tide came big black clouds gathering together in the south west. Doodle was watching them while him and brother was trying to pull the oars faster. When they reach land, lighting was going across the sky, thunder roared loud, the sun disappeared, and the darkness descended, almost like night. Doodle was both tired and scared,so, he collapsed to the ground.Running home, Doodle was being left behind yelling for Brother to not leave him. Brother stop running because he got tired, so he decided to wait on Doodle. Doodle was taking to long to catch up, so Brother started calling his name and didn't get any answer.