The Ghost's Grave (2007)
“I asked when I had finished writing my second letter.
Aunt Ethel pointed. “There used to be a path,” she said, “but it’s overgrown now. Wear long pants in the woods; the berry vines grab your legs. There’s a compass hanging on the back porch. Take it along. It’s easy to get turned around in the trees until you learn your way.”
I changed into jeans, then went out the kitchen door. A small compass on a shoelace dangled from a nail. I put the looped shoelace over my head, wondering who had worn it... last and how long ago.
Mom had worried about me being in the woods alone this summer and had suggested buying me a cell phone. Steven had said, “It would be a waste of money; there’s no cell service out there.”
At the time, I’d thought it was an excuse not to get me a phone, but as I looked around at the unspoiled forest, I knew he was right. There was no point building a cellular tower in a place where hardly anyone lived. Add cellular phone service to the long list of things Carbon City doesn’t have.MoreLess
Aunt Ethel pointed. “There used to be a path,” she said, “but it’s overgrown now. Wear long pants in the woods; the berry vines grab your legs. There’s a compass hanging on the back porch. Take it along. It’s easy to get turned around in the trees until you learn your way.”
I changed into jeans, then went out the kitchen door. A small compass on a shoelace dangled from a nail. I put the looped shoelace over my head, wondering who had worn it... last and how long ago.
Mom had worried about me being in the woods alone this summer and had suggested buying me a cell phone. Steven had said, “It would be a waste of money; there’s no cell service out there.”
At the time, I’d thought it was an excuse not to get me a phone, but as I looked around at the unspoiled forest, I knew he was right. There was no point building a cellular tower in a place where hardly anyone lived. Add cellular phone service to the long list of things Carbon City doesn’t have.MoreLess
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