Gib Rides Home
“MRS. Thornton said when Miss Hooper finally disappeared, taking the medicine chest and tape measure with her. “Let’s see. You must have been there since you were five or six years old?”
“Six,” Gib agreed. He was sitting in a big armchair with his arms and hands resting on the fat plush-covered arms. He didn’t like looking at his bandaged hands because, even though the bandages were much smaller and cleaner, they reminded him of ... So he looked away—and noticed a shiny new telephone on Mrs. Tho...rnton’s desk, and then a glass bowl of hard candy.
“So you were in the orphanage for almost five years,” Mrs. Thornton was saying. Then she handed Gib the bowl he’d been noticing and said, “Please have a peppermint. And then tell me all about Lovell House.”
Gib hadn’t meant to stare at the candy, but he’d had a peppermint just last Christmas and he couldn’t quite keep his mouth from watering as he remembered the taste. So he quickly said thanks, put a big round candy ball in his mouth, and began to talk around it.MoreLess
“Six,” Gib agreed. He was sitting in a big armchair with his arms and hands resting on the fat plush-covered arms. He didn’t like looking at his bandaged hands because, even though the bandages were much smaller and cleaner, they reminded him of ... So he looked away—and noticed a shiny new telephone on Mrs. Tho...rnton’s desk, and then a glass bowl of hard candy.
“So you were in the orphanage for almost five years,” Mrs. Thornton was saying. Then she handed Gib the bowl he’d been noticing and said, “Please have a peppermint. And then tell me all about Lovell House.”
Gib hadn’t meant to stare at the candy, but he’d had a peppermint just last Christmas and he couldn’t quite keep his mouth from watering as he remembered the taste. So he quickly said thanks, put a big round candy ball in his mouth, and began to talk around it.MoreLess
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