" A Chase" Annie Dillard

When I read this story, it reminded me of flashbacks when I was a young girl. The author in the story talks about herself as a seven year girl who plays sports with the boys around her neighborhood. Since the author and the boys weren't able to play sports like football and baseball because of the wintertime, they decided to throw snowballs at the cars around their neighborhood. After several snowballs at cars, the kids hit a black Buick. As the kids were in shock that they dented a car, the kids decided to start running since the man driving the black Buick stepped out of the car and starting chasing the kids. The kids stood there, frozen and shocked that the man was going to chase the kids. To make the chase even more complicated, the kids decided to seperate and ran ten blocks. After running ten blocks, the kids were finally caught by the man driving the Buick. Even though it was a very intense moment for the author and the other kids, she felt happy that she could have ran away from the driver.