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As a small boy, Johnny enjoyed a close 

relationship with his mother; he loved her very 

much. But one day, Johnny’s mom and dad 

had a big fight and his mom decided to leave. 

She let Johnny stay with his his father.  

Ever since Johnny’s mom has left, Johnny’s 

dad Randy has become increasingly angry. 

Randy spends much of his time alone, except 

for when he goes to his friends house. 

One day, Randy looks for Johnny. He finds 

Johnny playing video games. Randy asks 

Johnny, "do you want to go to my friend’s 

house with me?" Johnny replied by quickly 

putting on his shoes and coat.

Johnny was so excited to be going on a ride 

with his father. Johnny has never been with 

Randy to his friend’s house before. The whole 

way there Johnny was bouncing in his seat as 

he wondered what they were going to do when 

they got there.

They finally arrived at the house. The house 

seemed creepy to Johnny because it was old 

and big. After walking through the huge 

squeaky door, they were greeted by Randy’s 

friend named Burt. Burt said to Randy, “glad 

you can make it, I’m very excited to be able to 

show your son our way of thinking.”

They walk through the house and all over the 

walls are ant-government flags. Johnny sees 

several men and women sitting in chairs in 

front of a podium. Randy tells Johnny to “have 

a seat.” As Johnny sits, he watches his father 

greet everyone, including the flags. This is 

unfamiliar to Johnny.

Burt calls for a meeting and he begins to 

speak. He starts by saying “we cannot let the 

government rule us. We have to do something 

bad to get attention. We must show the 

government that we don’t believe in their 

rules.” Johnny noticed his father cheering 

when Burt spoke.

Johnny overheard Burt talking about scary 

things, things like guns and bombs. Johnny 

was used to these things in his video game, 

but he soon found out this wasn’t a game. 

Johnny thought about everything that Burt was 

saying about the government. Johnny was 

starting to get scared.

Johnny was also confused. He loved his dad 

and wanted to be just like him. All he had ever 

learned in school about the government is 

good. Saying the pledge was even fun to him. 

Johnny knew he had to talk to somebody 

about it, before something bad happens. But 

he couldn’t talk to his dad or his mom. Only 

person he could think of was his friend at 

school.

The next day at school Johnny runs over to 

Cameron during recess. Johnny says 

“Cameron! I have to talk to you! My dad took 

me to this weird meeting yesterday and now 

I’m supposed to have guns and hate the 

government.” Cameron, in disbelief, asks 

Johnny to repeat what he just told him. 

Cameron heard right the first time.

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