Chapter 2 A Call for Help
Chapter 2 A Call for Help Chapter 2 A Call for Help The first loud clap of thunder made Arlene shiver. Aunt Violet had been gone only a few minutes, but the sky was growing darker and darker. It was only eleven o'clock in the morning, yet it seemed like eight o'clock at night. "Be careful, Aunt Violet," Arlene whispered. She tried to busy herself, washing the paintbrushes and Aunt Violet's breakfast dishes. Then she folded laundry and picked up Aunt Violet's scarf from the floor. When Arlene
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Chapter 2 A Call for Help
Chapter 2 A Call for Help
The first loud clap of thunder made Arlene shiver.Aunt Violet had been gone only a few minutes, but the sky was growing darker and darker.It was only eleven o'clock in the morning, yet it seemed like eight o'clock at night."Be careful, Aunt Violet," Arlene whispered.
She tried to busy herself, washing the paintbrushes and Aunt Violet's breakfast dishes.Then she folded laundry and picked up Aunt Violet's scarf from the floor.
When Arlene looked at the kitchen clock again, it was ten minutes after twelve.Aunt Violet should have been home by now.The store was a short walk away,around the corner where they were building the new apartment house, and then two more blocks.Arlene bit her lip. Why had she let Aunt Violet go out by herself? Why hadn't she gone instead?
