Crossing Over (2010)
“Tim the Motor Coach Operator pulled obligingly close to the front entrance, and we scurried into the building through the driving rain. The structure had been built less than twenty years ago, and the exhibits were all centered around animals. So, there was a very good chance this portion of our trip would be ghost free.
Plus, I was a sucker for anything having to do with a rainforest—and in the Biodome they had recreated one and imported the appropriate animals.
Sid had produced his clipboard ...at the ticket counter, and various forms and bits of paper were being exchanged. Mrs. Redd stood nearby nodding as if her life depended on it. It was then that I noticed we were missing some key people. I pushed my way through the students and tapped Mrs. Redd on the elbow.
“Oui, Katuh?” she said, Frenchifying my name by adding a syllable to the end.
“Um, Madame Rouge, my mother… the two parent chaperones, my mom and Mrs. Gray. They’re not here.”
“Non,” she said. “Elles ne sont pas nécessaires ici parce que—”MoreLess
Plus, I was a sucker for anything having to do with a rainforest—and in the Biodome they had recreated one and imported the appropriate animals.
Sid had produced his clipboard ...at the ticket counter, and various forms and bits of paper were being exchanged. Mrs. Redd stood nearby nodding as if her life depended on it. It was then that I noticed we were missing some key people. I pushed my way through the students and tapped Mrs. Redd on the elbow.
“Oui, Katuh?” she said, Frenchifying my name by adding a syllable to the end.
“Um, Madame Rouge, my mother… the two parent chaperones, my mom and Mrs. Gray. They’re not here.”
“Non,” she said. “Elles ne sont pas nécessaires ici parce que—”MoreLess
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