BANNED FROM THE LIBRARY?_Camping with Cleo_Two Wheels_No Ordinary Sign
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BANNED FROM THE LIBRARY?
BANNED FROM THE LIBRARY? BY ANTHONY J COVAL JR.It was many years ago in time, but it was a well rememberewww.onedoor.ccd day.I had devoured the entire children floor of the Local Library. Leaving each day with as many books as I could carry.I went to check out my selections of the day and the little old lady at the counter refused to check out my booksI was aghast, could this miniature woman behind the huge desk do this to me?Looking over her bifocals at me sternly she simply said.You no longer belong here!Here is your new library card. Go upstairs to the adults library where you really belong young man! I ...
Camping with Cleo
"Come on Eve we have to help load the car, '' shouted Cleo as she pulled her pink overnight bag out the garage door. "But I don't want to go camping." Whined Eve, Cleo's little sister, as she pulled her blue suit case after Cleo. Cleo's family was going on a camping trip for spring break. Everyone in the family was excited, except for Eve, who of course complained loudly about how many bugs and snakes there would be. No one took her seriously because Eve was only 6、 Though her parents told her to not say anything Cleo found it getting harder to keep her mouth shut at her little sister's compla...
Two Wheels
One fine early fall morning, a young delivery man stepped out of his truck. He walked up the driveway of a small, well-maintained white ranch house. He carried a large cardboard box pressed tightly against his wide chest. His long muscular arms were outstretched, and his fingers tightly gripped the sides of the box. The words, “FRAGILE, TV, Glass, THIS SIDE UP,” appeared in large black letters on the big box.Slowly, the delivery man turned onto the narrow concrete sidewalk and walked up three small slate steps leading to a small porch. Bending slowly, he gently placed the package down,...
No Ordinary Sign
“Listen,” Tara mouths and tap-taps her finger to her earlobe. I resist rolling my eyes because she’s my best friend, and she can get away with more than most. When anyone else tells me to listen, I punch them in the face (in my mind) because they should know better.I’m deaf. I can’t hear you, idiots.“Becca overheard Rick telling Alex that he likes you. Like, likes you likes you.” Tara says this aloud faster than she can misspell our classmates’ names with her fingers. She uses the word like so much her face resembles a robot that’s shorted out and is stuck on one phrase.Bless her, she tries.I ...