A Dog's Way Home (2011)
“They were all so busy texting and calling and listening to their own private music, nobody said word one to anyone else. And, of course, the Queen stood away from everybody in her black clothes, looking bored. it was downright ridiculous. Here it was, warm and sunny (for late January) and best of all, dry, and they all stood around like a bunch of antisocial sheep.
“I’ve had about all of this I can take.” I handed Miss Bettis the map of the trip from Harmony Gap to nashville I’d been working on... and marched out to the playground. I picked up a perfectly good ball. “Hey, everybody!” I hollered in my loudest voice.
Hardly anybody glanced my way. I tried again. No one batted an eye.
“Here, Abby,” Miss Bettis called, holding out her special emergency whistle on a string.
I put that shiny whistle to my lips and blew with all my might. That got everybody’s attention.
“Who wants to play dodgeball?” I asked, holding up the ball.
They all looked at me like I was speaking in some kind of foreign tongue.MoreLess
“I’ve had about all of this I can take.” I handed Miss Bettis the map of the trip from Harmony Gap to nashville I’d been working on... and marched out to the playground. I picked up a perfectly good ball. “Hey, everybody!” I hollered in my loudest voice.
Hardly anybody glanced my way. I tried again. No one batted an eye.
“Here, Abby,” Miss Bettis called, holding out her special emergency whistle on a string.
I put that shiny whistle to my lips and blew with all my might. That got everybody’s attention.
“Who wants to play dodgeball?” I asked, holding up the ball.
They all looked at me like I was speaking in some kind of foreign tongue.MoreLess
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