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say拭
Was it so much to ask just to be left alone拭
Then this afternoon I was reading a book in the front room with the curtains drawn察hiding
from him as I had all week察when I heard a noise in the
yard。 I peeked outside and there was Bryce察walking across my grass。 Stomping all over my
grass And he was carrying a spade What was he
planning to do with that拭
I flew off the couch and yanked open the door and ran right into my father。 ^Stop him 院I cried。
^Calm down察Julianna察院he said察and eased me back inside。 ^I gave him permission。 ̄
^Permission Permission to do what拭院I flew back to the window。 ^He's digging a hole。 ̄
^That's right。 I told him he could。 ̄
^But why拭院
^I think the boy has a very good idea察that's why。 ̄
^But! ̄
^It's not going to kill your grass察Julianna。 Just let him do what he's e to do。 ̄
^But what is it拭What's he doing拭院
^Watch。 You'll figure it out。 ̄
It was torture seeing him dig up my grass。 The hole he was making was enormous How
could my father let him do this to my yard拭
Bryce knew I was there察too察because he looked at me once and nodded。 No smile察no wave察
just a nod。
He dragged over some potting soil察pierced the bag with the spade察and shoveled dirt into the
hole。 Then he disappeared。 And when he came
back察he wrestled a big burlapped root ball across the lawn察the branches of a plant rustling
back and forth as he moved。
My dad joined me on the couch and peeked out the window察too。
^A tree拭院I whispered。 ^He's planting a tree拭院
^I'd help him察but he says he has to do this himself。 ̄
^Is it a ´ ̄ The words stuck in my throat。
I didn't really need to ask察though察and he knew he didn't need to answer。 I could tell from the
shape of the leaves察from the texture of the trunk。
This was a sycamore tree。
I flipped around on the couch and just sat。
A sycamore tree。
Bryce finished planting the tree察watered it察cleaned everything up察and then went home。 And
I just sat there察not knowing what to do。
I've been sitting here for hours now察just staring out the window at the tree。 It may be little
now察but it'll grow察day by day。 And a hundred years from
now it'll reach clear over the rooftops。 It'll be miles in the air Already I can tell!it's going to
be an amazing察magnificent tree。
And I can't help wondering察a hundred years from now will a kid climb it the way I climbed the
one up on Collier Street拭Will she see the things I
did拭Will she feel the way I did拭
Will it change her life the way it changed mine拭
I also can't stop wondering about Bryce。 What has he been trying to tell me拭What's he
thinking about拭
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I know he's home because he looks out his window from time to time。 A little while ago he put
his hand up and waved。 And I couldn't help it!I gave a little wave back。
So maybe I should go over there and thank him for the tree。 Maybe we could sit on the porch
and talk。 It just occurred to me that in all the years we've known each other察we've never
done that。
Never really talked。
Maybe my mother's right。 Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know。
Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light。
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Van Draanen察Wendelin。
Flipped / by Wendelin Van Draanen。
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Summary此In alternating chapters察two teenagers describe how their feelings about
themselves察each other察and their families have changed over the years。
eISBN此978´0´307´48495´6
1。 Interpersonal relations!Fiction。 2。 Conduct of life!Fiction。 3。 Family life!Fiction。
4。 Self´perception!Fiction。АI。 Title。
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