Night of the Black Bear (2007)
“Jack asked Yonah, bewildered.
“Don’t worry—Merle knows his way around.”
Their bikes were still leaning up against the trees, undisturbed. Jack was tempted to say, See, Yonah, no one stole them, just like Merle said, but he thought he’d better not.
After the three of them biked back to the Firekillers’, Jack found Merle in the shed.
Bent over his red bike, he greeted Jack with, “Can’t get this chain to stop rattling. I’m tryin’ to tighten it.”
“Can I help?” Jack volunteered, but Merle just shook... his head.
It was an old bike, from the looks of it. By contrast, the bike Jack had ridden into the park, the one that belonged to Blue Firekiller, was a sleek new mountain bike.
“Why’d you leave us back there?” Jack asked him.
“I just get tired of Yonah comin’ down on me all the time. Yeah, I know he’s smart—he takes college-level calculus and advanced history of western civilization and he’s only a junior. But he acts like me and my family are a bunch of dumb rednecks.”MoreLess
“Don’t worry—Merle knows his way around.”
Their bikes were still leaning up against the trees, undisturbed. Jack was tempted to say, See, Yonah, no one stole them, just like Merle said, but he thought he’d better not.
After the three of them biked back to the Firekillers’, Jack found Merle in the shed.
Bent over his red bike, he greeted Jack with, “Can’t get this chain to stop rattling. I’m tryin’ to tighten it.”
“Can I help?” Jack volunteered, but Merle just shook... his head.
It was an old bike, from the looks of it. By contrast, the bike Jack had ridden into the park, the one that belonged to Blue Firekiller, was a sleek new mountain bike.
“Why’d you leave us back there?” Jack asked him.
“I just get tired of Yonah comin’ down on me all the time. Yeah, I know he’s smart—he takes college-level calculus and advanced history of western civilization and he’s only a junior. But he acts like me and my family are a bunch of dumb rednecks.”MoreLess
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