1 Who Was Alfred Hitchcock

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Who Was Alfred Hitchcock? In the early 1900s, London, England, was a city full of crime. The officer on duty at the East End police station never knew who was going to come through the door. But one night when the door opened, he was quite surprised by what he saw. It was a little boy, five or six years old. He was chubby and quiet and alone. His name was Alfred Hitchcock. With wide eyes, he approached the policeman and handed him a note. In later years Alfred Hitchcock could not remember why he had been sent to the police station. He only knew that he had done something wrong at home. Perhaps he tracked mud through the house or didn't do his chores. Whatever it was, Alfred's father thought he needed to be taught a lesson about what happened when Alfred didn't behave.

So he wrote a note and sent Alfred to the local police station. He told him to give the note to the officer on duty. Alfred watched, terrified, as the policeman read his father's note. Then the man took Alfred by the hand and led him into the station. For the first time in his life Alfred saw a jail cell. It had a big lock and iron bars. The policeman put Alfred in the cell and shut the door. He turned the lock with a big metal key. Alfred gripped the bars with his tiny hands and pressed his round face against them.

The policeman looked down at him. "This is what we do to naughty boys," he said solemnly. Then he walked away. The seconds ticked by. Alfred's heart was pounding. Would the man ever come back? Would Alfred be in jail forever? Would he live on bread and water? Would anyone come and save him? Just when Alfred was sure he would never see his mother again, the policeman returned. The child had only been in the jail cell for about five minutes. But it seemed like forever. The policeman opened the door and let Alfred out.

He said he hoped the young boy had learned his lesson. Alfred certainly had! He would spend the rest of his life scaring movie audiences all over the world. When asked where he got his inspiration for such thrilling, scary stories, he always mentioned his time in jail. Was the story made up, or was it true? No one can say for sure. Alfred Hitchcock claimed it really happened. But Alfred Hitchcock was a master storyteller.