Keisha whips around fast. "Why dou you always try to pull people down?" she asks.
"Because some people deserve it, that's why," Shay answers.
" Deserve to be pulled down? Really ?" Keisha asks.
Albert straightens his ties,…
Sunday, January 29, 2017
I Don't Take My Appearance Lightly
"Albert," Shay says, leaning forward a bit, "you go right ahead and ignore what you look like. But it's the rest of us who suffer; we have to look at you."
"Actually," he says, "I don't take my appearance lightly. I take you lightly."…
Saturday, January 28, 2017
You Can't Measure the Stuff that Makes Us Man
"So you agree that possibilities aren't endless?"
"Well, I agree from a mathematical standpoint, Albert, but not from a human one. I believe that the things we put numbers on are not necessarily the things that count the most. You can't…
I Wish She Could Understand My World
"By the way, I don't want to hear you say that people hate you," she calls out. "How could anyone on earth possibly hate you ?"
I wish she could understand my world. But it would be like trying to explain to a whale what it's like to live…
You Say That, But I'm Not
"Oh, Ally . . . you're to smart for this. School is too important to joke about. I don't you working long hours on your feet for a bunch of tips like me. I want more for you. And you're so smart. Good at math. A gifted artist. Don't you think…
Friday, January 27, 2017
Like A Tree Holds Leaves
Then she pulls over the napkin with the dinosaurs holding coffee cups. "What's this?"
"Just an idea I have for the Sketchbook of Impossible Things."
She stares at it. "Aw, your grandpa knew you were talented, and he'd so proud of how…
Don't You Think the Dead Person Deserves A Card More Than Anyone?
I look up. "I swear it. I didn't know it was a sym . . . a sym . . . a card for dead people."
"It's a sympathy card," she says. "And it's for people that miss the person that has died. Not for the dead."
"Well, don't you think the dead…
Even I'm Tired of me
"As of Monday, your new teacher will be Mr. Daniels. Let's try to avoid any negative consequences, okay?"
I think about how me avoiding consequences would be like the rain avoiding the sky.
She waves me out, and as I stand, I look…
I Wish I Could Put My Mouth in There, too
Once we're out in the hallway, I can tell by Mrs. Silver's face that it's going to be another one of those times when I'll have to say I'm sorry of explain why I've done something. The thing is, I have no idea why I'm even in trouble this time.…
A Mind Movie
I watch a mind movie of her taking a stick and drawing a line in the dirt between us under a bright blue sky. She's dressed as a sheriff and I'm wearing black-and-white prisoner stripes. My mind does this all the time — shows me these movies…
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Because You Stopped Believing
But it was just a little yellow bird. It chirped and tweeted.
"Little bird, little bird," called Sparkle. "Did you hear the music? Oh why did it stop?"
"Because you stopped believing it was there," the little yellow bird replied.
…
On the Edge of Pemberley Park
Mr Darcy lived by himself on the edge of Pemberley Park.
It was a place where the trees blossomed and the lake sparkled.
Mr Darcy loved Pemberley Park, but sometimes he felt lonely.
Mr. Darcy
written by Alex Field, illustrated by…
Why are You Crying?
He took a deep breath and climbed quietly up to his favourite branch. He wrapped his thick furry paws around the trunk and gave the tree a huge, kind, bear hug.
He whispered in his tiniest voice, "Why are you crying, Tree?"
To Albert's…
Sunday, January 8, 2017
You Both Have Plenty
"Yes. Do you like the otter?"
"Of course I do."
Jafet patted the otter on the head and asked, "And is the gnome your friend?"
"Of course."
"Then you have the secret already. For the simple secret to being warm from the inside…
Alaska
Flapping his arms, stomping his feet, and shouting all the way, he traveled across the ice and snow until he skittered down into the state of Alaska and onto the shores of the Bearing Sea.
Unlike the North Pole, here there were forests…
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Warm from the Inside Out
Finally, with snow swirling about his legs, he packed a bag with his few worldly wonders: a pair of pajamas, a bristly brush, a small steel pick he found. With the pack flopped over his back, he left the North Pole, never to return.
"I…
Sunday, January 1, 2017
全世界最好吃的东西
“流这么多汗就没事了。”
我听见了母亲的声音。
接下来，我终于不再发出呻吟声，能够彻底昏睡了。我就像在海底沉睡的海牛一样，长时间沉在海中，一动也不动，偶尔恢复丁点儿意识，翻个身，就像海牛浮上水面一般，然后又继续沉入海底睡觉。…
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