Personal Narrative

Beware the Porch Bandit!

Beginning:
The writer sets the scene, introducing the problem. One night, Mom had to work late, and I was playing board games with friends, leaving my younger brother Bob at home alone. I got back before Mom, and the house was dark, the doors locked tight.

I pounded on the back door. “Bob, let me in. It’s Evan!”

No answer. Bob must have gone to bed.

I circled around the house and entered our screened-in front porch. The front door was locked, just like the back. I rang the bell repeatedly. “Bob! Come on! Let me in.”