Water Steps (2012)
Water Steps
““Afternoon to ya.” She held her cup up to me, her hair as red and curly as Mem’s was gray and straight. Didn’t look like Mem’s sister to me.
“Afternoon.” I stood by the door, waiting to see what she’d do.
“Your pep’s on the horn with his editor and Itha’s getting all that paint off her hands. Stuff’s toxic, you know. Kills the fish when they dump the cans in the water. Hate the stuff, myself.”
“Mem wouldn’t dump it in the water.” Mem mixed her own paints to use as many natural things as she cou...ld.
“Right.” She sighed. Great, I’d annoyed her already. I figured I’d be better off leaving her alone, so I turned to go.
“What you got there?” She pointed at my hand.
I twirled the leaf I held. “Just something I picked with a friend.”
“If you were a fish, how’d you feel if I pulled off a scale?”
“What?”
“Same thing as taking a leaf, you know? It’s a living thing, that tree. You couldn’t wait until the leaf fell?”
Pep’s comment about Aunt Rosien being an Earth Mother popped into my head.MoreLess
“Afternoon.” I stood by the door, waiting to see what she’d do.
“Your pep’s on the horn with his editor and Itha’s getting all that paint off her hands. Stuff’s toxic, you know. Kills the fish when they dump the cans in the water. Hate the stuff, myself.”
“Mem wouldn’t dump it in the water.” Mem mixed her own paints to use as many natural things as she cou...ld.
“Right.” She sighed. Great, I’d annoyed her already. I figured I’d be better off leaving her alone, so I turned to go.
“What you got there?” She pointed at my hand.
I twirled the leaf I held. “Just something I picked with a friend.”
“If you were a fish, how’d you feel if I pulled off a scale?”
“What?”
“Same thing as taking a leaf, you know? It’s a living thing, that tree. You couldn’t wait until the leaf fell?”
Pep’s comment about Aunt Rosien being an Earth Mother popped into my head.MoreLess
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