Myrna's Descriptive Essay: The Haunted House

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The warm sun emerged over the top of the hill. Its warm rays stretched across the field, drying the dew. As if on cue, the rooster roared out a loud “COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOOOO!” summoning Farmer Joe out bed. He stumbled through the screen door in dusty work boots, boxers, and white tank. His long hair was disheveled and as he slumped into the rickety, porch rocking chair, he guzzled down 3 beers in a matter of seconds. Farmer Joe closed his eyes and let the warm sunrays wash over his skin, hoping it would subdue his hangover. As he was starting to drift back into dreamland, his wife, Myrna, came busting through the screen door. With a screeching “YEEEHAWWW” she karate kicked the door open, yielded a rifle up to her shoulder, and fired a round into the open yard. Myrna was dressed in some cutoff jean shorts, the left side longer than the right, a pink camo sleeveless shirt, and work boots. She had an athletic build and stood on the porch with a lit …show more content…

They hopped out of the truck and went straight to the bar. Farmer Joe and Myrna drank with the other locals; they put down shot after shot and chased them with beer. After a couple of hours, Myrna was throwing her drunken limbs about on the “dance floor” and Farmer Joe is shouting “Country girl, shake it for me!” Hearing this, Myrna is infuriated by her husband’s sexist comment. In her rage, Myrna threw Farmer Joe across a table, stormed out to the truck, and left him at the bar. Several hours later, Farmer Joe stumbles home with a ripped shirt and no hat to find himself locked out of his house. The house was dark, but Farmer Joe knew that Myrna was still awake. Therefore, he bent down to collect some pebble. After falling on the ground a few times, he decided that he had enough pebbles and began tossing them at their bedroom window. As the pebbles gently tapped against the window he sang, in the words of Taylor

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