Here are some things you need to know to understand chapter 4 that have been stated in the last 3 chapters.
1. Martha and Karly are best friends/cousins.
2. Martha is 7.
3. Matt is Martha's only friend at school and he told her he was moving.
4. Martha is always alone and her parents don't care about her.
5. Martha's mom is pregnant.
Chapter 4
A Hug
I climbed into the oak tree. Across the street there were 6 children playing. They were pushing and shoving. Runing up and down the streets. One kid yelled something but I couldn’t hear what it was. They tagged each other.
I envied them. I wanted to be abe to play tag or just ran up and down the streets. I wanted to be them. No one had ever asked me to play before so I never felt welcomed.
CRACKLE! CRACKLE! It began to rain. I wasn’t stupied, I knew it there was about to be a lightning storm. I could hear the thunder rumble already. I jumped into my bedroom. I slammed the window.
Lightning was my one true fear. I had promised myself I would never get into a car when there was lightning. Once when I was 4 Mom and I went to the store and it started thundering and lightning and a tree almost fell on are car. Ever sense then I don’t get into a car with lightning.
Pushing myself under my bed was easy. Its what I always did when I was scared. I shook under my bed. It took about five hours for the storm to pass. Or it seemed like five hours. Time seems to pass slower when I was scared.
When it was over I wiped the tears from my eyes. I began to wonder if Karly was afraid of lightning. She probably isn’t I thought to myself. I spent the rest of the day beating myself up over it.
The next couple of weeks were boring. I mostly stayed in the house and ate junk food while watching TV. Before I knew it a month had flew by. I had just sat and watched TV for a hold month.
It was August which ment school was going to start soon. I was 7 so I was going into the second grade.
On August 2nd Karly called for the first time. The second the caller ID said it was her I did a cartwheel.
“HELLO!” I said excitedly.
“Hey.” She said.
“Whats up?” I asked.
“Nothing, I just wanted to see how you were.”
“I’m good. How are you?”
“Great.” She said.
We talked for hours about nothing. Just random stuff that didn’t really matter. After about three hours on the phone her mom made her get off. After she hung up I called her mom a poop.
TAP! TAP! TAP! Rocks were hitting my window, I knew what that ment. Matt was outside. I didn’t want to talk to him. I wanted to kill him. How can he be moving I though to myself. But I opened the window and climbed out.
“Hey.” He said.
“Hey.” I said.
“Im leaving today.” He said.
“Where are you moving?” I asked
He hugged me and left. I sat in the grass craying. My face was bright red. Cars flew by. Then my eye caught a moving truck that stoped at the house across the street. That house had only been for sale for about two months. I wiped the tears from my eyes.
Matt jumped out of the truck. He walked over to me.
“There, I’m moving there.”
I felt like punching him! He had go me all worked up when he was moving closer. I elbowed him in th gut.
“Why’d you do that! You made me think you were moving far away and I was never going to see you again! Whats your problem!”
“Sorry I just manted it to be a surprise.” He said.
“Don’t ever do that again!” I said.
“I got to go. Bye Martha.” He said and ran off.
“I climbed back up the oak tree. Then something hit me. He had hugged me and he wasn’t even moving far away. I was confused. I kept thinking about that Hug.
I am a 13 year old
Please be honest. Have a nice day God Bless. Oh and I have dislexia so the spelling probably isnt right on alot of words. and the chapter isnt finished yet.
The book is called
The Promise Of The Woods
1. Martha and Karly are best friends/cousins.
2. Martha is 7.
3. Matt is Martha's only friend at school and he told her he was moving.
4. Martha is always alone and her parents don't care about her.
5. Martha's mom is pregnant.
Chapter 4
A Hug
I climbed into the oak tree. Across the street there were 6 children playing. They were pushing and shoving. Runing up and down the streets. One kid yelled something but I couldn’t hear what it was. They tagged each other.
I envied them. I wanted to be abe to play tag or just ran up and down the streets. I wanted to be them. No one had ever asked me to play before so I never felt welcomed.
CRACKLE! CRACKLE! It began to rain. I wasn’t stupied, I knew it there was about to be a lightning storm. I could hear the thunder rumble already. I jumped into my bedroom. I slammed the window.
Lightning was my one true fear. I had promised myself I would never get into a car when there was lightning. Once when I was 4 Mom and I went to the store and it started thundering and lightning and a tree almost fell on are car. Ever sense then I don’t get into a car with lightning.
Pushing myself under my bed was easy. Its what I always did when I was scared. I shook under my bed. It took about five hours for the storm to pass. Or it seemed like five hours. Time seems to pass slower when I was scared.
When it was over I wiped the tears from my eyes. I began to wonder if Karly was afraid of lightning. She probably isn’t I thought to myself. I spent the rest of the day beating myself up over it.
The next couple of weeks were boring. I mostly stayed in the house and ate junk food while watching TV. Before I knew it a month had flew by. I had just sat and watched TV for a hold month.
It was August which ment school was going to start soon. I was 7 so I was going into the second grade.
On August 2nd Karly called for the first time. The second the caller ID said it was her I did a cartwheel.
“HELLO!” I said excitedly.
“Hey.” She said.
“Whats up?” I asked.
“Nothing, I just wanted to see how you were.”
“I’m good. How are you?”
“Great.” She said.
We talked for hours about nothing. Just random stuff that didn’t really matter. After about three hours on the phone her mom made her get off. After she hung up I called her mom a poop.
TAP! TAP! TAP! Rocks were hitting my window, I knew what that ment. Matt was outside. I didn’t want to talk to him. I wanted to kill him. How can he be moving I though to myself. But I opened the window and climbed out.
“Hey.” He said.
“Hey.” I said.
“Im leaving today.” He said.
“Where are you moving?” I asked
He hugged me and left. I sat in the grass craying. My face was bright red. Cars flew by. Then my eye caught a moving truck that stoped at the house across the street. That house had only been for sale for about two months. I wiped the tears from my eyes.
Matt jumped out of the truck. He walked over to me.
“There, I’m moving there.”
I felt like punching him! He had go me all worked up when he was moving closer. I elbowed him in th gut.
“Why’d you do that! You made me think you were moving far away and I was never going to see you again! Whats your problem!”
“Sorry I just manted it to be a surprise.” He said.
“Don’t ever do that again!” I said.
“I got to go. Bye Martha.” He said and ran off.
“I climbed back up the oak tree. Then something hit me. He had hugged me and he wasn’t even moving far away. I was confused. I kept thinking about that Hug.
I am a 13 year old
Please be honest. Have a nice day God Bless. Oh and I have dislexia so the spelling probably isnt right on alot of words. and the chapter isnt finished yet.
The book is called
The Promise Of The Woods
