Lily's Crossing
“The church bells were chiming twelve, Kate Smith was singing “God Bless America” on the radio, and Lily and Gram were having hot tuna fish in tomato sauce. It was horrible, but Gram hadn’t caught a fish all week, and Lily hadn’t even tried.
“I agree,” Gram said. “I can tell by your face you don’t like it either.”
“I hate this stuff,” Lily said, eating as fast as she could. As soon as lunch was over, she and Albert were going to practice again. They’d been in the water so much that Mrs. ...Orban said they were going to turn into fish. She said it smiling. Even Mrs. Orban could see that Albert was never going to be a fish.
Albert had talked about it last night, said the same thing over and over. “We will row the boat out, stay in it until the ship passes right near us. I will only have to swim the last, smallest bit, and I will be wearing a life jacket . . .”
Lily stared out the window.MoreLess
“I agree,” Gram said. “I can tell by your face you don’t like it either.”
“I hate this stuff,” Lily said, eating as fast as she could. As soon as lunch was over, she and Albert were going to practice again. They’d been in the water so much that Mrs. ...Orban said they were going to turn into fish. She said it smiling. Even Mrs. Orban could see that Albert was never going to be a fish.
Albert had talked about it last night, said the same thing over and over. “We will row the boat out, stay in it until the ship passes right near us. I will only have to swim the last, smallest bit, and I will be wearing a life jacket . . .”
Lily stared out the window.MoreLess
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