When I read of Dill's runaway, I was truly impressed. I couldn't even begin to imagine being 8 years old and having enough courage and bravery to cover all that ground, by myself!! I always thought of running away as a kid, but I never had a reason to, despite the adventure of it all.
The closest thing to running away for me was when I was 6 and I hid in a JCPenny's dressing room for an hour and a half. I thought it was a wonderful idea. When I heard my mom and sister screaming my name, I just continued to sit quietly in the locked dressing room, laughing silently. It was all going swell, or so I thought, until the security guard unlocked all the dressing rooms, and there he found me, sitting in the corner rolled into a fetal position laughing. It wasn't very fun on the car ride home, when I got a huge lecture followed by a few tears. =)
Have you ever done anything cleverly stupid like that??
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Yeah I have! I ran away in a grocery store one time because I wanted to go look at something. My mom was worried sick and they called my name over the loud speakers. But of course my four year old self felt no embarassment at that time. It was quite the adventure. I can relate to both you and Dill.
I have never run away but I also wished to. I thought it would be fun to live on my own but my parents let me know that I was better off living with them.
I have never run away but I also wished to. I thought it would be fun to live on my own but my parents let me know that I was better off living with them.
Oh I have tried to runaway many times to runaway but the closest I ever made it to was to the end of the driveway then I started to get sad and realize how painful it would be to live a life away from my family. Also I thought of all the good times I had with my family so I cried and came back home. I was only three or four. When I was five I got lost in Disney World but it was a mistake not a trying to runaway at all. I thought my parents would follow me to Splash Mountain but they stopped to take care of my brother(thats what they say...). So I turned around and my parents were not there and then I freaked out because it would be a long trip from Florida to Missouri on foot so I sat down to plan my trip. While I was sitting down a young couple spotted me and sent me to the place of lost children and then my parents came there and found me. Thats the closest I ever got to running away or just out of my parents care.
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