The Hidden Boy (2010)
“said Bea quietly. She sat on the moss-cushioned rock where Captain Bontoc had sat earlier. The listening horn was pressed to the lid of the Squeak Jar, and Bea’s ear was pressed to the listening horn. Phoebe crouched in the grass and watched intently, as though she might catch sight of a miniature seven-year-old boy shimmering in the moonlight that filled the jar. The noise at Cambio Falls was as great as ever, but this was where Bea had first heard Theo’s disembodied voice, and it seemed the n...atural place to try to hear it again.
“Anything?” said Phoebe.
“Ssshh!” said Bea. She had located the distant voice, but she had to tune into it before she could make out his words, like a weak radio signal.
“Where did you go?” said Theo’s voice.
“I woke up,” said Bea. She wasn’t sure if the Theo in the Squeak Jar would remember the conversation she had had with the Theo in her dream. She wondered if he would know what she was talking about.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,”MoreLess
“Anything?” said Phoebe.
“Ssshh!” said Bea. She had located the distant voice, but she had to tune into it before she could make out his words, like a weak radio signal.
“Where did you go?” said Theo’s voice.
“I woke up,” said Bea. She wasn’t sure if the Theo in the Squeak Jar would remember the conversation she had had with the Theo in her dream. She wondered if he would know what she was talking about.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,”MoreLess
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