Umbrella Summer
“But after three chapters it was becoming pretty clear to me that Charlotte’s Web was a book about a pig. I tossed the book down on the floor.
I decided to go to Rebecca’s house to ask Dr. Young about vitamins. Normally I would’ve ridden my bike, but even going turtle tracks you could never be sure about stupid safari ninjas jumping out of stupid trees. So I decided to walk. I still wore my Ace bandages, though, wound up tight around my ankles. Because you could get sprains just from walking, if... you fell over or stepped the wrong way. And I checked the whole way for Doug Zimmerman hiding in trees, thinking about how dumb he was for saying I wasn’t fun anymore. Of course I was fun. The careful sort of fun.
I rang the Youngs’ doorbell and Rebecca answered. Her eyes were red and puffy and her nose was running.
“Do you have pollen allergies?” I asked her, stepping inside as she closed the door.
“No,” she said. She wiped her nose.
“Well, what do you have then? You’re not contagious, are you?”MoreLess
I decided to go to Rebecca’s house to ask Dr. Young about vitamins. Normally I would’ve ridden my bike, but even going turtle tracks you could never be sure about stupid safari ninjas jumping out of stupid trees. So I decided to walk. I still wore my Ace bandages, though, wound up tight around my ankles. Because you could get sprains just from walking, if... you fell over or stepped the wrong way. And I checked the whole way for Doug Zimmerman hiding in trees, thinking about how dumb he was for saying I wasn’t fun anymore. Of course I was fun. The careful sort of fun.
I rang the Youngs’ doorbell and Rebecca answered. Her eyes were red and puffy and her nose was running.
“Do you have pollen allergies?” I asked her, stepping inside as she closed the door.
“No,” she said. She wiped her nose.
“Well, what do you have then? You’re not contagious, are you?”MoreLess
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