Lonely Oak Chapter 87
There is a place at Lonely Oak Elementary, in the school's courtyard, different from any other place in the world. There is an iron fence that has no gate; just an open way. The fence surrounds a modest square of land, nestled in the corner outside of...
Lonely Oak Chapter 91
The kitchen light was on. She hesitated for just a moment. The person inside, if any, would ask what she was doing up so late--on a school night. She chewed her lip. _Act sleepy._ She told herself. _You woke up cuz it's hot, and you're thirsty._ Her...
Lonely Oak Chapter 90
The tiger walked toward the counselor's area. Past the library, into the first-grade hallway. He had not been to this area... well, not since first grade, of course. It was decorated with pale blue bricks, which actually looked freshly coated. When he...
Lonely Oak Chapter 88
"Well done, Ket," Ms. Hupp set her pen down definitively. She spoke to him with a calm, quiet kind of praise. "If this one was for real, you would have passed with commended status. I'm impressed, since social studies is your _kryptonite_." Ket leaned...
Lonely Oak Chapter 104 - Swimmer's Ear
The red wolf whistled. "Wiggin's class, let's go," Mr. Wiggin called, walking backwards across the cross-walk. On the other side, he tallied all of his charges. "C'mon, Max, that means you!" Ms. Hupp's class waited, as the beaver-kid lagging behind...
4X+Y Chapter 02 - Three Of Flowers
_So, there I was, little five-year-old Froggy, caught in the din of the big school lobby; with all the other quivering, home-sick Kindies, waiting to be herded to our safe, quiet classies._ _It was lonely, in a way. I only had two faces of which I...
Lonely Oak Chapter 109 - Horseplay
The smaller group of four had seen dozens of animals while late morning turned to early afternoon. It was hard to believe only a few hours had passed, as it felt like they had seen the whole zoo. While the younger kids still goaded one another every...