SInging My Sister Down

I thought this was the saddest story. It just seemed so cruel to let Ik sink in the tar like that. That was the weirdest death penalty ever. Everyone except Ik's family is just around partying while Ik's family is with her saying their goodbyes and giving her a good sendoff. I like the mother wanting to shoot her so that she wouldn't have had to suffer. But I'm glad she didn't because then she probably would have had to sink in the tar too.

When I first read the title of the story I thought of maybe singing someone down from doing something bad, like suicide or jumping off a building, like a negotiator. I really liked this story even though it was really sad.