LOUISA PLEASE COME HOME Part 1 PART 1
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LOUISA, PLEASE COME HOME Part 1
PART 1 I listened to my mother’s trembling voice over the radio. “Louisa, ” she said, “please come home. It’s been three years since we saw you. We all miss you, and we want you back again. Louisa, Please come home. ” Once a year I heard the announcement on the anniversary of the day I ran away. I also read the newspaper stories about myself. “Louisa Tether disappeared one year ago. ” Or two years, or three. I used to wait for June 20 as if it were my birthday.
I was residing in Chandler. It was a big enough city for me to hide in. It was also near my old home, so the papers always made a big fuss about the anniversary of my disappearance. I didn’t decide to leave home on the spur of the moment. I had been planning it for a long time. I knew that everything had to go just right because if I made any errors, I would have looked like a ridiculous fool. My sister Carol would never have let me forget that. I admit I planned my departure for the day before Carol’s wedding. The newspapers reported that my family had the wedding anyway. Carold told a reporter that her sister Louisa would have wanted it that way.
“She would never have wanted to spoil my wedding, ” Carol explained. But secretly, she knew that was exactly what I’d wanted. Anyway, on that day, everyone was hurrying around the house, making preparations for the wedding. I just walked out the door and started my new life.
VOCABULARY CHECK Error Er*ror (noun) Meaning: A Mistake Example: An error I often make is Spelling beautiful wrong.
Residing (verb) Meaning: Living in a particular place. Have you heard of resident? You are a resident of Rochester. Example: I am currently residing on Dewey Ave.
POINT OF VIEW Point of view is the perspective a story is told from. The first-person point of view uses the pronoun I or we. The third-person point of view uses the pronoun he, she, or they. First person: Third person: I went to the store. He went to the store.
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