When John Lewis was much older, and was writing down the story of his whole, astounding life, he wrote these words: I’m so glad that they figured out a way to work together.
Then we walked back in the other direction, as another end of the house began to lift.Īnd so it went, back and forth, fifteen children walking with the wind, holding that trembling house down with the weight of our small bodies.Ĭan you imagine what it was like to be inside of that house, afraid that it might fall all apart from the destructive force of the wind and the rain, from the whole storm? I’m so glad that John Lewis wasn’t alone, that he was there with his friends and family. From the kitchen to the front of the house we walked, the wind screaming outside, sheets of rain beating on the tin roof. Then she had us walk as a group toward the corner of the room that was rising. Line up and hold hands, she said, and we did as we were told. That was when Aunt Seneva told us to clasp hands. This storm was actually pulling the house toward the sky. And then, a corner of the room started lifting up. The wood plank flooring beneath us began to bend. Even Aunt Seneva was scared.Īnd then it got worse. The wind was howling now, and the house was starting to shake. All of the shouting and laughter that had been going on earlier, outside, had stopped.
Her house was not the biggest place around, and it seemed even smaller with so many children squeezed inside. John Lewis.Īunt Seneva was the only adult around, and as the sky blackened and the wind grew stronger, she herded us all inside. I’m going to tell the story from his perspective, so it’s like he is talking. A kind of storm that made him very afraid. Lewis tells about a time, when he was playing outside his Aunt Seneva’s house with about fourteen other children, when a storm-a BIG storm-arrived. This was LONG before the pandemic, so people could play together and hang out together. There were many children in the neighborhood and they would play together. John Lewis grew up in a large family and he would spend time with his aunts or uncles, with his siblings and cousins.
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