Black Boy

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handed Richard a stick. Richard, scared and terrified, went back down the street to the store and saw the same group of kids. Richard started to swing the stick like a crazy man and hit those kids in the head. His mother showed Richard how to stand up for himself and that anything is possible.
Another influence on Richard’s life was when a cat was meowing outside their house. Richards’s dad was sleeping at the time and he hated to be bothered. So Richard and his brother were afraid of waking up their dad and tried to quiet down the kitten. Richard’s dad then told them to shut that cat up or kill it if you have to. Richard knew that his father was being sarcastic, be he told his brother he was going to kill the cat. So Richard, thinking he found a way to rebel against his father and not being punished, took a rope and tied it into a noose. Then he put the cat’s neck into the noose and hanged the kitten. He thought he can get away with it, but his mother was smart and told ...

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