Us And Uncle Fraud
“Usually he was there, freshly shaved and checking for errors in the paper; lately, with the weather as an excuse, we had wheedled him each day into driving us to school. But today he was still in bed.
"He's exhausted," Mother explained. "He didn't get in until three this morning." "Did the National Guard come? Did they sandbag the cemetery wall?" Marcus asked.
"Did they move the Mareks' cows?" I wanted to know. Alexandra Marek was going to be the center of attention in school today, I speculated enviously. Her family's farm was the closest to the river; they were the first real victims. And Alexandra was a show-off, given to drama; I knew she would be telling a tale of danger and terror, embellishing it all day with new details.
"Take a look," Mother replied, and handed me the paper. There, on the front page, was a picture of frightened cows being herded across a road that itself looked like a river. Then I looked further, and groaned with jealousy; there was another, smaller picture,... of Alexandra herself, wrapped in a blanket, being carried by a strange man through knee-deep water.MoreLess
"He's exhausted," Mother explained. "He didn't get in until three this morning." "Did the National Guard come? Did they sandbag the cemetery wall?" Marcus asked.
"Did they move the Mareks' cows?" I wanted to know. Alexandra Marek was going to be the center of attention in school today, I speculated enviously. Her family's farm was the closest to the river; they were the first real victims. And Alexandra was a show-off, given to drama; I knew she would be telling a tale of danger and terror, embellishing it all day with new details.
"Take a look," Mother replied, and handed me the paper. There, on the front page, was a picture of frightened cows being herded across a road that itself looked like a river. Then I looked further, and groaned with jealousy; there was another, smaller picture,... of Alexandra herself, wrapped in a blanket, being carried by a strange man through knee-deep water.MoreLess
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