Neverland (2010)
Neverland
“The trip that last August to Gull Island was no exception. Our spirits had begun high enough: Nonie led us in singing “A Hundred Bottles of Ginger Beer on the Wall,” the Mom-approved version of the popular school-bus song, and Nonie herself drifted off to sleep by the time we’d crossed the North Carolina border. Governor, the baby, only screamed intermittently. I had brought along dog-eared copies of The Martian Chronicles and My Side of the Mountain, although my mother insisted I should be mov...ing up in my reading to the classics. I had read both books a zillion times and could read them a zillion more times. We kept the windows down all the way, and when we stopped at a motel the first night, I think we all fell asleep without much fuss.
I had one of my dreams that night. I dreamed I was drowning in the sea with small fish nibbling at my skin. The next day in the car I said to Mama, “I had a dream.”
“Tell me it.”
“I was in the ocean. I couldn’t swim.”
She said, “Well, Beau, that must mean that you shouldn’t go in the water this summer.MoreLess
I had one of my dreams that night. I dreamed I was drowning in the sea with small fish nibbling at my skin. The next day in the car I said to Mama, “I had a dream.”
“Tell me it.”
“I was in the ocean. I couldn’t swim.”
She said, “Well, Beau, that must mean that you shouldn’t go in the water this summer.MoreLess
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