Chicken that I am, I felt safer with the four of us together even if I was the only adult and my companions were small boys who were more concerned about farting than getting out of here alive, and a small dog who looked like Toto and would protect us perhaps from a rat, but not much else. It was time to move.
“I heard it here!” Li shouted. “Me, too!” Lu said excitedly. “I did, too!” I said quickly. “But it came through my tunnel,” I...
“Lu!” I screamed. “Lu!” Li screamed and looked at me. But there wasn’t a sound. Pepper looked up at me as if to tell...
My boys scrambled ahead fearlessly as if this were a video game. I hesitated as if this were my real life. Hello? It is...