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everyone thought grandfather forgot about shooting the police but he then talks about it out of nowhere, I tend to do things like that often.

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why did the police man not say anything when the kid said that they had ghost?

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why would you say there is a ghost if you know nobody would believe you?

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¨All ya windows and doors was locked on the inside tight as a tick¨, this comfirms that there was a ghost

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When they said that they couldn't see where the footsteps were coming from, I knew it was a ghost.

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When they said that they couldn't see where the footsteps were coming from, I knew it was a ghost.

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They said that grandfather was sleeping on a walnut bed. What's a walnut bed?

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They said that grandfather was sleeping on a walnut bed. What's a walnut bed?

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The narrator confirmed later that the sound was a ghost.

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The narrator confirmed later that the sound was a ghost.

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Why did the grandfather think the police where deserters, and why did he shoot them?

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Why did the grandfather think the police where deserters, and why did he shoot them?

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I wonder why grandfather shot an officer even though he thought they were deserters

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I wonder why grandfather shot an officer even though he thought they were deserters

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When Grandfather made a sound that confirmed there was something in the attic

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When Grandfather made a sound that confirmed there was something in the attic

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That sounds like a character(I can't remember the name) from the Disney movie Ratatouille (I think)

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 Abhinav : The police were on hand in a commendably6short time: a Ford sedan full of them, two on motorcycles, and a patrol wagon with about eight in it and a few reporters.

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 Abhinav : The police were on hand in a commendably6short time: a Ford sedan full of them, two on motorcycles, and a patrol wagon with about eight in it and a few reporters.

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I am wondering why so many police came.

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Abhinav :  “This guy,” he explained to the others, jerking a thumb at me, “was nekked. 

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Abhinav :  “This guy,” he explained to the others, jerking a thumb at me, “was nekked. 

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I am confused on what the end of this sentence means.

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Abhinav: Grandfather grabbed Zither’s gun from its holster and let fly.

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Abhinav: Grandfather grabbed Zither’s gun from its holster and let fly.

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This confirms that the grandpa is crazy.

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I don't understand why that cop would just show a gun into his ribs... talk about harsh. Pretty rude if you ask me.

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What exactly is a walnut bed?

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I made a connection when the mother's first instinct was that there was a burglar. The first character also thought there was a burglar, so there is a connection between their instincts.

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Why did the cop stick a gun into his ribs? Isn't that a bit harsh especially to someone who was roaming around their mother?

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At the start it said his grandfather was sleeping on a walnut bed... what is a walnut bed?

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At the start of the story the boy wasn't sure if it was a ghost and then at the end of the story they confirmed it was a ghost.

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I was scared when I heard something downstairs

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I was scared when I heard something downstairs

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The window and doors were shut so it was confirmed that it was a ghost'

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The window and doors were shut so it was confirmed that it was a ghost'

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Bodwell was at the window in a minute, shouting, frothing a little, shaking his fist. “We’ll sell the house and go back to Peoria,” we could hear Mrs. Bodwell saying.

I would be cranky too if I was waken up at two o clock
"Connection."

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They were the

steps of a man walking rapidly around the dining

room table downstairs.
Who is the man walking downstairs?
How did the man get in?
"Wondering."

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“Awp,” he said, in the low, hopeless tone of a despondent beagle
Why did Herman say AWP
"Confused."

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I am making a connection when the boy says that he doesn't want his mother to call the police, because once someone broke into our house, and I didn't want to case to be solved. I though that it was exciting.

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The cops were reluctant to leave without getting their hands on somebody besides grandfather; the night had been distinctly a defeat for them.
This confirms a thought because I thought they wanted to arrest or find something.

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caused my mother to throw a shoe through a window of the house next door and ended up with my grandfather shooting a patrolman. I am sorry, therefore, as I have said, that I ever paid any attention to the footsteps. I was wondering about what this means

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I am confused about why the mom all of a sudden likes to throw shoes through windows, since she had taken a fancy for that.

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I had just stepped out of the
bathtub and was busily rubbing myself with a
towel when I heard the steps.
I feel like this has happened to me multiple times in real life.

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On my way out, a cop stuck a gun into my ribs. Why was the cop worried about a kid who was roaming around near his mom.

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Later in the passage the author confirmed that there was a ghost since all the doors and windows were locked.

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I was confused by the accent and how the author wrote in the accent.

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a leather jacket around his chest. Nobody goes to bed in a leather jacket.

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“All ya windows and doors was locked on the inside tight as a tick.”
This proves this is a ghost as in my ghost terminology a ghost can walk through any hard surfaces, so having the windows and doors locked wouldn't stop a ghost or "Supernatural" being from getting in.

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Something I was thinking about is the ghost's reason on why it came. Why would that ghost just come then leave.

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A connection i have is that in the story it states tat the mother is very afraid of ghost and I'm also really afraid of ghost.

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I agreed with Elly from his connection from when she said ''This shows that her mother is very smart, and creative. And all of our mothers are smart and creative too.''

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I was wondering why the cop stuck the gun to his ribs.

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I was confused when the author said "Well, whattsa matta, ya hot?" because they were spelling like they would normally talk.

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In the beginning of the story they hinted there was a ghost and then later in the passage they confirmed it was a ghost.

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When they say that grandfather was as fresh as a daisy, that reminds me of when it feels like some people forget anything from the day before.

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a lot of the southern ways they say words that they use in the story like how they say naked as nekked

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I agreed with Abhinav that when it says, 'Zither's gun from its holster and let fly' It really confirms that the Grandfather is cuckoo. Who would shoot someone who were merely trying to find a thief.

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, incomparable decisions.sometimes I make just that

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, incomparable decisions.sometimes I make just that

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 “There were two or three of them,” mother said, “whooping and carrying on and slamming doors.” 

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 “There were two or three of them,” mother said, “whooping and carrying on and slamming doors.” 

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i was thinking how was she sure they were there

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When the narrator said, I told the police that I would bring it to the station house the next day' I was confused if the station house was an older thing, like a police department. I didn't know what it was.

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I was confused because they were spelling like the accent

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conforming the thought of ghosts

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why mom would throw a shoe at a window for the "trill of it"

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When Henry said, "Nothing," he said gruffly, but he was, in color, of light green" I was wondering if he is always trying to act tough when isn't he is a real wimp.

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I agreed with Abhinav, from his connection with 'a thin-faced wispy man' describing the reporter, as a look-a-like to Anton Ego from Ratatouille.

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I had the connection of brushing my teeth when I heard someone downstairs when all my family members were upstairs. It wasn't as crazy as the authors story but it was the closest connection I have.

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I was confused about the ghost since the ghost just made some noise and left?

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I was pretty confused who the mom was acting since I thought she would act way differently.

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"She flung up a window of her bedroom which faced the bedroom windows of the house of a neighbor, picked up a shoe, and whammed it through a pane of glass across the narrow space that separated the two houses" This connects to my life because my mom is very brave and willing to try everything.

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I knew the grandpa was going to do something crazy since he shot one of the cops

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When I am home alone, I get scared and think that there are buglars trying to break into my house.

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"None of us ever heard the ghost again. " I wonder why they never heard the ghost again?

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I am wondering if this piece of writing is real or fake. The way they express it sounds kind of mysterious. I could be realistic fiction, but then you come back to the question if ghosts are ever real.

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I am really confused, how do you accidentally shoot a policemen. I mean, shouldn't you look where you shooot. Also, wouldn't their car and outfit look familiar.

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"Police were all over the place; doors were yanked open, drawers were yanked open, windows were shot up and pulled down, furniture fell with dull thumps." I do not understand why they were being so reckless

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Throughout the story, they think that there were buglars, but then they don't find any. Which kind of lets's us know that there might actually be a ghost.

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“What on earth are you boys doing?” This sentence confirms Elly's thought that they were boys.

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I predicted that Grandfather would not be happy with the cops and the sentence, " Grandfather had evidently jumped to the conclusion that the police were deserters from Meade’s army, trying to hide away in his attic, " proved that I was correct. (The sentence was directly quoted from common lit)

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why the police officer would shove a gun up a teenager's ribs

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why the police officer would shove a gun up a teenager's ribs