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  **Scarlet Ibis Summary^__^ The Scarlet Ibis is about a boy and his little brother Doodle and their determintation. Doodle is born into a family of three with many problems. They thought he was going to die but he didnt. Theyalso thought he might not even be "all there" if you will. He would never walk or run or have the life of a normal kid. Doodle's older brother who is also the narrator, decided he was not going to let Doodle live his life that way. He took his brother with him in a little red wagon to the Old Women's swamp, and decided he was going to teach him to how to stand. After a while, Doodle finally stood. Then they decicded, if he can stand maybe he could possibly walk, and do other things. After days of practice..Doodly finally accomplished it"). The narrator felt overwhelmed with happiness and showed their mother and father. Later while eating lunch, Doodle found a bird in the tree. The beautiful but rare Scarlet Ibis. While the family was looking at this wonderful bird, he suudenly fell out of the tree, then died. On their way back one day they got caught in a thunderstorm. The narrator continued running and would not wait for Doodle to catch up. Having severly sensitive skin, Doodle could not afford to be in the drenching rain and died due to the unbearing pressure of the rain. The narrator came back to find Doodle and found him sitting silently with his head tilted back with blood falling from his sensitive skin.=( **