Gracie (2011)
Gracie
“I guess I went to school and all, but I was numb inside. Everything seemed to be going on in some other world outside of me. I was far away from it all. It was better that way. Being removed from the world meant I didn’t have to care about anything or feel anything or even think about anything.
I still thought about Johnny, of course. I thought about him every day when I fed his hawk, which I took into my room. The bird still wasn’t able to fly. I’d let him out of the cage, but he only hopped a...round. In my secret opinion, he wasn’t going to fly again. But I knew Johnny had thought he would, so I never said it out loud.
Time seemed to pass in its everyday sort of way, but I drifted through most of it in a haze. I remember one day sitting in class, staring out the window while Mr. Clark, my history teacher, rattled on about Lincoln or someone, and I was surprised to realize that there were buds on the trees. Spring was coming. It sort of took me by surprise.
The bell for the end of class rang and I was preparing to bolt, but Mr.MoreLess
I still thought about Johnny, of course. I thought about him every day when I fed his hawk, which I took into my room. The bird still wasn’t able to fly. I’d let him out of the cage, but he only hopped a...round. In my secret opinion, he wasn’t going to fly again. But I knew Johnny had thought he would, so I never said it out loud.
Time seemed to pass in its everyday sort of way, but I drifted through most of it in a haze. I remember one day sitting in class, staring out the window while Mr. Clark, my history teacher, rattled on about Lincoln or someone, and I was surprised to realize that there were buds on the trees. Spring was coming. It sort of took me by surprise.
The bell for the end of class rang and I was preparing to bolt, but Mr.MoreLess
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