It was one year later when George and Mack finally escaped the dreadful woods. They read the paper and heard that there was a play at Ford Theater that’s a comedy and President Abraham Lincoln would be there.
“Hey, George, take a look at this,” Mack said.
George came running over where Mack was. “What is it?”
“It’s a play at Ford Theater and President Lincoln will be there.”
“I’d love to go, Mack, but where would we get the money to go?” George asked.
“I have thirty dollars saved up from work,” Mack said.
“Thirty dollars!” George exclaimed. “Where’d you get the money?”
“I told you, it’s from work.”
One week later George and Mack were sitting in the second row of the theater. “Great seats, huh, George?” Mack wondered.
“Boy, oh boy, could they get any better?” George said.
Soon the play started and the theater was full with laughter. Mack and George were laughing so hard they couldn’t breathe when they heard a huge gunshot. In about three seconds they saw a man jump from the president’s box and onto the stage. “I know that face,” Mack said. “That’s the famous actor John Wilkes Booth.” Right after Mack said that, security started to scream, “The president has been shot!” Booth limped away because his left foot was injured from the jump.
Lincoln died the next morning and it was an emotional funeral. Also, Mack and George heard that Booth was found… and killed.
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