Summary of somebody's son
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Summary of somebody's son
There's a short story by Richard Pindell,
called "Somebody's Son." is written by Richard Pindell. It starts with a runaway boy called David.He is sitting by the side of the road. He is writing a letter to his mother at home home.He expresses his hope that his father will forgive and accept him back as his son again.
He writes:
"Dear Mother,
In a few days I'll be passing our property. If Dad will take me back, ask him to tie a white cloth on the apple tree in the field next to our house."
As David is seated on a train rapidly approaching his home days later. Two pictures flash back and forth in his mind: one tree with a white cloth tied on it and another tree without a white cloth.
David's heart beats faster and faster as the train gets closer.
When the train finally passes the tree, he can't believe what his eyes. The apple tree has a white cloth tied to almost every branch !