Chapter.14 The Runaway

Oh God you won't believe it! i just ran away from home and i had to hide underneath Scout's bed for the whole time and i had to wait such a long time for Jem and Scout to finish their dinner and come up. Not to mention the smell of food was actually killing me.

I asked if they had anything to eat and thank goodness, they had some milk and corn bread for me to munch on. Finally they asked me how i got here and i told them i got here by an involved route. I was actually bound in chains and left to die in the basement by my new father and i was secretly kept alive by raw field peas from a passing farmer that heard my cries. I had to work myself free from those bounds and finally, somehow, i pulled the chains from the wall with the manacles still hanging on my wrists. I had wondered a few miles out of Meridian where i had discovered an animal show and had been given a job to wash the camel and in return i got to travel around Mississippi until my keen senses told me that this was Abbott County, Alabama, Just across the river from Maycomb. No? Really, again? I actually took 13 dollars from my mothers purse and caught the nine o'clock train from Meridian and got off at Maycomb Junction and i walked around 10 miles till i found a cotton wagon that i could ride on and i had hid under the bed for over 2 hours.

Suddenly Atticus appeared behind me again just like the other time when he caught the three of us trying to put the note through Boo's window. Atticus told Scout to get something more than cold bread for me, thank goodness, and he said that he'll see what he could do. Immediately i thought that Atticus would tell Aunt Rachel i ran away and i even threatened that i would run off again but as we all know Atticus' kind soul, he said he'll be setting me off to sleep instead.

i remember taking bite after bite of food but i suddenly heard the "Aunt-Rachel-Cry" and i shook till i nearly gagged on the food i was still munching on. But Aunt Rachel gave in *phew!* and i could stay one night over at the Finches Place.

Hmm i think i'll go over to Scout's bed... Can't bear being with Jem now.. Maybe she's asleep by now but nevermind.