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“Stand still, I said.” I quickly ran towards Scout and took her hands and held them tight as I lashed out on her with force. Seeing her on top of Francis, punching him infuriated me to the point where I had lost it. “Stop it Scout! Why are you hitting Francis, are you out of your mind!” For a brief moment, I look towards Alexandra and saw her wiping the tears of Francis. Scout looked towards me and broke loose from my control over her. She stood there giving Francis the death stare, while Francis did the same. Distaste for each other was shown through their eyes as the both pointed at each other. I seethed with anger and came to a conclusion after Francis explained that Scout had called him a whore lady and jumped on him. “I’ll never speak …show more content…
It been so long since I recall seeing them. I lunged forward to grab my two long packages from the porter, and all my other belongings as I made my way to meet Atticus. I made my way towards Atticus and gave him a petite kiss on the cheek. “What’s in those packages?” Scout said. I responded by saying none of her business which was sure to make her scrutinize the packages. Jem asked me about Rose Aylmer, so I decided to grab my pygmy snapshots of my alluring yellow cat. Scout called Rose fat, and I defended my cat by telling her that Rose had been eating leftover fingers and ears from the hospital. “Aw, that’s a damn story,” Scout said. My eyes grew big and I stared at Scout for a split second. I was completely outraged to hear her speak like this. Little girls like her shouldn’t be speaking this way. I could not believe that a small little girl could ever start conversing like this from a young age. After Supper, I sat down and patted my thighs to call her to come sit on my lap. “Scout, don’t you think you’re a little too young to be conversing in this manner?” “No not so much,” she said. I was feeling vexatious by the use of her words. “Scout, you cannot use these type of words without having an utmost incitement. I will not tolerate you using any of these curse words for the week I’m here, you understand Scout?” She nodded. I was satisfied

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