All for Gabriel
After a long night of sleep, Jonas got woken up from his parents yelling in the kitchen at one another. Knowing Jonas he wanted to listen on what they were yelling about so he stood next to the door and placed his ear on it. He could not hear every word that they were staying, but he put pieces together and figured out that arguing about Gabriel. Gabriel has not been acting like a normal newborn should; he kept them up all night by his crying for the past few days. Jonas’s father brunt up the option of releasing Gabriel and his mother agreed. After hearing all of this shocking news, Jonas had to figure out a way to stop it. The first thing going through Jonas’s mind was trying to figure out some sort of plan to help Gabriel. He could not think of a reliable plan so he got dressed and snuck out the back door of his house. He knew the only person that can help him with this crisis is the Giver. After a few hours searching for him, he finally found him at his house. He mentioned the shocking news to the Giver and he could not believe what he was hearing from Jonas. The Giver told him that he needs to take Gabriel and they both need to leave the community by tomorrow. Jonas asked, “Why tomorrow?” The Giver told him, tomorrow morning this when Gabriel gets released because on the schedule for tomorrow morning it shows Gabriel’s name. Jonas took the Giver’s advice that he gave him and later that day Jonas figured out a plan to save Gabriel from being released. Jonas needed some food and medical supplies in just in case anything would go wrong. He also wrote his family a good bye letter and explaining why he was leaving them. He placed it on his bed and wrapped up Gabriel with blankets to keep him warm. Around midnight they both snuck out the back door of their house and started walking towards the huge gate that allows you to leave the community. He