Ground, sky and houses melted into a mad palette, my ears throbbed, I was suffocating.
I could not put out my hands to stop, they were wedged between my chest and knees.
I could only hope that Jem would outrun the tire and me, or that I would be stopped by a bump in the sidewalk.
I heard him behind me, chasing and shouting. The tire bumped on gravel, skeetered across the road,
crashed into a barrier and popped me like a cork onto pavement.
Dizzy and nauseated, I lay on the cement and shook my head still, pounded my ears to silence,
and heard Jem’s voice: “Scout, get away from there, come on!”
I raised my head and stared at the Radley Place steps in front of me. I froze.
“Come on, Scout, don’t just lie there!” Jem was screaming. “Get up, can’tcha?”
I got to my feet, trembling as I thawed. “Get the tire!” Jem hollered.
“Bring it with you! Ain’t you got any sense at all?” When I was able to navigate,
I ran back to them as fast as my shaking knees would carry me.
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