The Dead And the Gone
“Alex said to Julie as they walked home from Holy Angels. Every day there were more dead, and the rats were getting larger and more daring.
Julie dodged the rat. “Sister Rita doesn’t know what we’re going to do if the sun doesn’t come out soon,” she said.
“She’d better think of something,” Alex said. “The sun isn’t coming back for a while.”
“I really worry about the string beans,” she said. “They’re my favorites. Lauren likes the tomatoes best, because there are so many of them, but ...the string beans remind me of summer.” She laughed. “I guess it is summer,” she said. “Do you think it’s cold like this at the convent?”
“Probably,” Alex said. “It’s probably getting colder all over the world.”
“Brittany —she’s my new best friend—she says her father says the strong will survive and everyone else will die and the world will be better because everyone’ll be strong,”MoreLess
Julie dodged the rat. “Sister Rita doesn’t know what we’re going to do if the sun doesn’t come out soon,” she said.
“She’d better think of something,” Alex said. “The sun isn’t coming back for a while.”
“I really worry about the string beans,” she said. “They’re my favorites. Lauren likes the tomatoes best, because there are so many of them, but ...the string beans remind me of summer.” She laughed. “I guess it is summer,” she said. “Do you think it’s cold like this at the convent?”
“Probably,” Alex said. “It’s probably getting colder all over the world.”
“Brittany —she’s my new best friend—she says her father says the strong will survive and everyone else will die and the world will be better because everyone’ll be strong,”MoreLess
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