“Look In The Pocket!”
I unzipped the little pocket on the outside of his backpack.
“Do you see it?” he asked, standing patiently.
“This? It looks like a little booklet. Did you make this?” I asked.
“Yeah, it’s my planet book. I hafta’ work on it some more today. See I only made Jupiter, see the ring? Could you put it back in now? I hafta’ go” he said as the bell pealed.
“There you go…OK, bye” His foot pushed distance between us, as he commandeered his scooter away. About thirty feet on he stopped abruptly and turned back.
“Know which planet is my favourite?” he yelled.
(Please don’t say it please don’t say it don’t say Uranus oh please please please don’t say it)
“Neptune!”
He smiled sweetly, turned and scooted into the school.
April 11, 2006 at 1:02 PM
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