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=Exposition/Inciting Incident=

One pitch black, scorching hot summer evening in the amazingly grand year 2006, me and my eight year- old best friend Fred were looking for something to do. I wanted to hop over the six foot high fence that was just a few feet away from my house, onto the big lush green golf course. Fred agreed enthusiastically and said, "Yea, I love going on the golfcourse." We have been friends since birth and ever since we were big enough to climb the fence, we would try to sneak onto the golf course and have some fun. It was kind of a tradition between us two boys, we did this every summer. We wanted to go over because we hadn't gone over in what seemed to be 100 years. In reality, it was only a week since we last hopped the fence. Then, right after dinner with the taste of hamburgers, mashed potatoes and corn, still in our mouths we started to make our plan. We always do this in the evening, so that we could not be seen in the darkness. We devised a devious plan to creep onto the big open golf course. After we devised our plan to sneak onto the golf course, Fred asked, "What are we going to do once we get on the golf course anyway?" I said, "We can do what ever we want; climb trees skip rocks on the lake or anything else you can think of." So after that, we went into my house and got technologically advanced equipment including: watches and walkie talkies. We found the equipment in my big blue room. We didn't bring flash lights because we didn't want to be seen. When we picked up the equipment,they felt rough. Even though I was only ten years old, Fred was a shrimpy eight year old, so to him I was as tall as a tower. Fred said, "I think we should wear all black so no one will see us" I replied, "That is a great idea, so we don't get caught." I also added a remark that we should bring our cell phones so people can reach us, if necessary. Fred agreed to that remark and took our black smooth double flip phones. I also said, "I think we should put our phones on vibrate." Fred replied happily, "Ya that is a brilliant idea."

HOW FAR IS THE FENCE FROM YOUR HOME? WHAT WAS YOUR PLAN? WHAT WAS FUN ABOUT HOPPING THE FENCE? HOW LONG HAVE YOU AND FRED BEEN FRIENDS? CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SETTING? WERE YOU TRAVELING AT NIGHT? WHY DID YOU BOTH HAVE TO SNEAK AROUND LIKE THIS? DID FRED GET PERMISSION FROM HIS PARENTS? WHAT WERE YOU PLANNING TO DO ONCE YOU HOPPED THE FENCE?

=Rising Action=

Right after we took are cell phones, I went out into the big tan kitchen that was still filled with dirty dishes from dinner, to tell my mom that we are going on to the golf course. Of course, I got the usual answer that I got whenever I asked to do anything that I enjoyed, she said, "NO." My mom said, "That is private property and if you get captured, the cops will imprison you for trespassing." I argued back with, "You know for a fact that the cops will never catch Fred and I." When I was arguing with my mom, I saw her face turning as red as a tomato. Also, all I heard was a bunch of yelling and screaming coming from Fred's house next door as he argued with his mom. Finally, Fred and I just ran outside into our big open yards where it was silent. As I ran outside madly, I heard the golf course call to me softly, "Beaver, come on to the golf course, Beaver." My name is actually Dennis, but all my good friends call my Beaver. So, we started to execute my crazy plan to sneak onto the golf course.

Now, I considered how to confront the rough six foot barbed wire fence, my real enemy. The fence was our real enemy because it was the toughest fence to climb because the top of it tilted in toward the golf course. Fred and I started to scan the fence for a safe place to hop it or a well covered area with a lot of trees or bushes. While we were scanning the fence, we found two dirty yellow tennis balls. We picked them up thinking that we could have a catch or we could toss them in the lake at some point during this adventure. We just put them in our pockets and kept scanning. Finally, we found a good well covered spot and started our climb to a good time. As we started our long climb upward, out of the corner of my eye faintly I saw something and heard something barreling towards us.

When the figures got closer to me, I got a little better view of what was charging at us. It was two furry vicious akitas. I quickly thought of a good plan. I told Fred to keep climbing but first to give me his tennis ball. When I had both tennis balls in my hand, I threw them at the ground to distract the dogs. With the dogs distracted, I ran and jumped onto the fence and started to climb up again. As I climbed, Fred was coaching me from the other side, "Come on Beaver you can do it." That was pretty good motivation because I got over as soon as he said it. We were so happy that we weren't dog chow. Fred told me that the dogs came from the big house across the street. After I jumped over the fence. I saw the dogs trying to hop the fence but they stopped because I guess they knew they weren't getting over. Now, because we knew that the dogs couldn't get us, the fun could really start.

WHY WAS YOUR MOM SO ANGRY? ADD SOME DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. WHAT DOES THE KITCHEN LOOK LIKE? WHAT WAS ALL THE YELLING AND SCREAMING ABOUT? IS YOUR NICKNAME BEAVER? DID YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PLAN TO GET TO THE GOLF COURSE? WHAT DID THE FENCE LOOK LIKEK? WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEED THE TENNIS BALLS FOR? WHAT WAS THE THING YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW CHARGING AT YOU? DESCRIBE YOUR SETTING.

=Climax=

Oh, did we have fun. For what seemed to be hours in the night, we skipped tiny, flat and smooth rocks across the glass like pond. We wrote our names in the soft, damp sand of the sand traps. We climbed rough forty feet tall leafy green trees. But, Fred and I were having so much fun jumping from the trees that I forgot people could probably hear or see us. Right as that thought was running through my head, I noticed someone glancing a look at Fred and me. I yelled up to Fred, "STAY STILL AND BE QUIET, I THINK ONE OF THOSE CRABBY NEIGHBORS SAW US." After I said that, I heard the shrill sound of Fred's annoying ear bleeding continuous beeping ringtone that immediately broke the silence.

I yelled back up, "Shut that thing up." He called back down to me nervously, "I can't it's my Mom she wants to know were we are!" I was worried to here Fred's Mom's voice but thought quickly and said, tell her, "were right across the street." She replied, "WHAT?." We thought our moms were going to be the biggest problem beacause Fred'smom would tell my mom that we disobeyed them again. But then we noticed an even bigger problem, when we saw a police car pull up to the fence.

We immediately knew we were in for trouble. We made a break for the fence. Then right at that moment, all heck broke loose. Before we knew it, lights were flashing, sirens were wailing, and people were screaming. The cops yelled into the madly massive megaphone, "COME OUT WITH YOU'RE HANDS UP YOU'RE SURROUNDED." Fred and I looked at each other in a scared manner.

YOU JUMP FROM SEEING SOMETHING CHARGING AT YOU TO BEING IN THE NIGHT? WHAT DID THE SAND FEEL LIKE? DID YOU AND YOUR FRIEND PRETEND YOU WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE AS YOU SKIPPED THE ROCKS AND CLIMBED THE TREES? WHY WERE YOU IN TROUBLE? HOW COULD YOU TELL AND FOR WHAT? WHAT AS YOUR INITIAL REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD THE SOUND OF HIS MOTHER'S VOICE? HOW DID YOUR DRIEND APPEAR?

=Falling Action=

After the cops yelled at us furiously, we pathetically looked at each other and whispered, "Now we are definitely in for trouble." That was for sure now. We knew it because we heard more sirens in the background groaning, "Wee woo wee woo." But, Fred and I both listened to the cops and walked towards them. They were very nice to us because we didn't try to run away from them. As we walked towards them, I felt the lush carpet of grass under my bare cold feet. As we crept closer to the cops, I felt goosebumps all up and down my arms. Also, I felt as weak as a kitten. There faces were very serious but kind. Right as we got within speaking distance of the cops, they advised us, "You guys are right in the middle of a S.W.A.T. team demonstration and you are trespassing on illicit private property." We both told the cops that we were sorry. We thought for sure that they would manacle us throw us in the brig. So we were stunned when they only said, "Now, you guys should go home and tell your parents where you have been." When we got home our moms looked very mad. We were yelled at and screamed at because we disobeyed them. My mom grounded me for a whole week. But Fred was grounded and had no T.V. for a week. They said that it was time to get ready for bed, so I said goodbye to Fred for that night. After I said goodbye to Fred, I went into the bathroom to clean up my scrapes from the barbed wire fence then went to bed. My mom said, "You should think about what you did and why was it wrong." I took my mom's advice and thought about what I did until I went to sleep. I realized that it was wrong but it was a fact that we would go onto the golf course again.

WHAT DID THE COPS SAY TO YOU? WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? HOW DID YOU MOVE AS YOU WALKED TO THEM? HOW DID YOU GET SCRAPES? WHAT DID YOUR MOM'S SAY TO EACH OF YOU? DID YOU REALIZE THAT WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG?

=Resolution=

I met up with Fred the day after our adventure. We were bummed that we got caught the day before and got grounded. Fred said, "Hey look on the bright side, look how far we got." I replied, "Ya that's true and we had a lot of fun." Then we both laughed our heads off talking about our near arrest. As we sat there still laughing and talking, we saw the grounds crew raking the sand pits where we wrote our names. we heard them grumble, "Those darn kids." While looking at the grounds crew, I asked Fred, "When do you want to go onto the golf course again?" He replied, "Let's go next week." I laughed at Fred's comment. ,"Ya, it is so much fun going over there. I think that the best part of summer vacation is hanging out with each other, even if we do get into some trouble. We still have the best times together". Then we both laughed again. When we got control of our laughter, we started to go inside my house. That's when I realized, that even though Fred and I got in trouble, we were still good friends. I knew that in good times and bad, we would always stick by each other. Even when only one of us was supposed to get in trouble, we both just took the blame. Fred said, "Your my friend till the end." Then I added, "Friends come from different places and teach new things." I really learned from Fred that even though he was younger than me we would always be best friends.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN HERE? WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? YOUR THEME FROM "BELLE PRATER'S BOY" IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND ALWAYS STICKING TOGETHER SHOULD BE EVIDENT HERE? HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT NEW THINGS?