Finding Courage

We all have gone through scary and difficult situations where we think we are done for. But that is not true. In fact in these scary and difficult situations we also find our courage that we have. For example in the story “No Escape” from The Mee Street Chronicles by Frankie Lennon, a young girl finds she has more courage then she ever thought she had and like her, I also found that I have more courage then I thought as well.


In the story “No Escape” from The Mee Street Chronicles by Frankie Lennon I found while reading that the young girl, who’s name is Frankie, is very brave. She helped herself find the courage to get through her situation involving being alone on a rainy night. Frankie describes how she felt like giving up and letting the “Bluebeard” get her. But she didn’t. She found her courage by listening to herself and her fairy godmother “You can’t stay here, Frankie. You must keep going. Be brave.” From this and the way the narrator explains the story, I found Frankie to be brave and adventurous.


The way Frankie helped herself by making herself a character from the two stories “Cinderella” and “Hansel and Gretel” was very smart. I think by making herself into a character from these stories she knew she was going to be ok, also I think it helped her have fun a little bit to the point where she was scared, but that she had an adventure “Crossing the forest-bedroom, to the kitchen back door.” Like her I wished I would have helped myself by having my fairy godmother when I was home alone.


I was about six years old when I was left home alone. My family went to my Uncles house and I didn’t want to go so I stayed. While they were away I just sat around watching T.V. After watching T.V. I decided to go to sleep because I was tired. So I went to brush my, put my pj’s on, and started climbing the stairs to my room. Then all of a sudden all of the lights went out. I just stood there frozen not knowing what to do and then I started crying because I heard a noise on the stairs and I knew it was not me because I didn’t move.


So while on the stairs I kept asking myself “Why didn’t I go with my family?” And while saying that the noise kept getting closer and closer until finally I said “It’s hear, the monster is going to get me.” Right when I said that my cat “Dallas” came and touched my leg meowing. When I felt her I started laughing and picked her up and when I did she started licking my face, and then all of the lights turned on again. That was the last time I stayed home by myself.


Even though my situation was different compared to Frankie’s I still wish I would have made myself believe that I was going to make it. She helped herself move and get help while I just stood on my stairs just letting the “Monster aka my cat” come and get me. Frankie found her courage by making herself move and get to where she needed to go, while I on the other hand found my courage by just standing there on the stairs, but I think my real courage was staying home by myself for the first time.