p3: Read the following story, called, “The Boy Who Was Locked in the Library”. Circle every adverb the author uses. Remember that adverbs can modify a verb or adjective, and that they can show comparison. When the Main Street Library closed its doors on the evening of December 8 th , 1983, the security guard did not check between every shelf as carefully as he usually did. He eagerly bolted the door behind him, accidentally leaving Anderson Fiddel between the H and I rows of the extensive science section of the library. When the lights went out, he slowly closed his Human Body book and headed downstairs, but as the security guard had been in a tremendous hurry to be home for his anniversary dinner, he was thoroughly gone by the time Andy reached the lobby. Now, being only a small boy of eight years old, he didn’t quite know what to do. This was well before the age of cellular phones, and even if he knew how to use the desk phone, he wasn’t entirely sure who he should call. For a few minutes he pounded furiously on the locked door and yelled loudly. But the cars outside passed by so speedily that they couldn’t hear him, and after a moment he became incredibly bored with this useless activity. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind: An advanced reader like Andy could happily spend hours upon hours in a place like this! He easily found the light switch, then returned to his book and finished it rapidly—within thirty minutes, he was on to the next. He read about leeches and lizards and other fantastically creepy creatures. He carefully read Shakespeare’s beautifully written sonnets and flipped through some surprisingly interesting books on the history of architecture. He read excitedly, then greedily, then almost hungrily. He read faster and faster and blinked less and less frequently until his red eyes ached and his empty stomach complained audibly. He was so thoroughly absorbed in The Diary of Anne Frank that he didn’t even notice someone had arrived until a welcome but unexpected voice rang through from the lobby. A friend of the library manager had been taking a stroll in the area and noticed that the lights were on. She phoned him promptly. The manager now called to Andy inquisitively. As Andy reached the lobby and began explaining that he had been trespassing unintentionally, his parents arrived, running eagerly through the door. He soon explained everything, and they all stopped for a very, very late dinner on the way back home
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