Danger by Hector Rivas
The students were tasked to write about DANGER. Hector told of the frightening time his then 3-year old brother wandered out of the house to explore the neighborhood.
A three-year old was out and roaming the streets by himself. He had just learned how to walk and made sure to take advantage of this new found freedom.
My mom had gone to use the bathroom for a second and left my little brother downstairs. I was upstairs, minding my own business. My mom called out for me and she asked me if my brother was with me. I said no because I thought he was with her. I walk downstairs and see the front door slightly open. My mom started to panic and she rushed outside to find my little brother. She was so loud that it caused our next door neighbor to come outside and ask what was going on. My mom said that my brother had run out of the house and she couldn’t find him. My neighbor ran out of her house barefoot to help look for my brother. We all took different routes and I ran around half the block screaming my little brother’s name. My heart was racing and, in that moment, I felt like I could run a whole marathon.
I asked this man sitting on the porch if he had seen him and he said he’ll keep an eye out. I kept looking and it ended up on me now finding him. Defeated, I walked back to my house and found both my mom and the neighbor there. My mom was about to cry and she suggested that I call the police. I was about to dial 911 when we saw this woman and her child carrying my little brother. Thankfully one of my mom’s friends found him about to cross the street and recognized him to be my mom’s son. Thankfully, the lady grabbed him and brought him back. Now we make sure to keep all of the doors locked.