Homework for Thursday the 21st of March, 2019 :
O'Henry
Sasha M. 1. “Summit is a good place for kidnapping,” said Sam. “Parents love their children in small towns. And there are no curious journalists.”
Sophia G. 2. Bill and Sam chose for their victim the only child of an important man. Mr. Dorset was respectable and stingy. His son was ten with red freckles and red hair.
Raphaela7. They went to bed at about eleven o’clock. Red Chief was between Sam and Bill. Sam was awakened by a series of terrible screams from Bill.
Varya R. 8. Sam jumped up to see what the matter was. Red Chief was sitting on Bill’s chest. He was pulling Bill’s hair with one hand. In the other hand he had a knife. He was trying to take Bill’s scalp!
Vika N. 10. A letter to Mr. Dorset,
We have your boy hidden in a place far from Summit. Don’t try to find him.
Sitora I. 11. Another offer: YOU bring Johnny home and pay me $250 in cash, and I agree to take him off your hands.
12. They took him home that night. It was midnight when we arrived at Ebenezer’s house. Bill gave him the $250.
Misha B. 13.“Enough,” said Bill. “In ten minutes I’ll cross most of the United States, and be near the Canadian border.”
Bill was fat and he was not a good runner. But that night no one ran faster than Bill