Murphy & Mousetrap (2005)
“He awoke to bright city lights. Mom’s hands gripped the steering wheel, and her eyes were glued to the road.
Finally she asked, “You awake?”
“Yeah,” he said. He stretched the fold out of his neck.
“It’s going to be okay,” she announced.
“Yeah?” Murphy asked. “What’s going to be okay?”
“Moving home,” Mom said. “To the reserve.”
Murphy was still half-asleep, but he didn’t think it would be okay.
“Don’t you think?” she asked.
He decided to agree with her anyway. “Yeah,” he said. “It’s going to be okay.”
Mom continued. “I remember five things about growing up on the reserve.”
She stared at the oncoming car lights and raised one finger off the steering wheel at a time as if to count to five.
“No, six,” she said lifting one finger from her other hand. “There are at least six important things that I think you should know right now.”
She didn’t wait for Murphy to speak.
“Number one,” Mom said. “The reserve is usually a place where only First Nations live.”
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