Lonely Oak Chapter 85
"Hey Becky, will you be honest?" "About what?" "You're coming along cuz you have a crush on me, right?" "Ah! You little _twerp_--" "Ow!--" "Get over yourself." Up front, the mother poodle just let out a weary sigh, as if longing for a glass of...
Raspberry Line Chapter 22
"Excuse me?" "Nh?" Emeral was nudged to waking. "Huh?" She said sleepily. A lady badger smiled. "Are you okay?" She was rather nice-sounding for a teenager, maybe it was the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 83
Monday morning was the worst. Sure, it happened once a week, and by now they should be used to it; but it was just terrible. What better way to ruin a good weekend then to have to wake up to _Monday_? Rini sat with her hand pressed against her temple....
Lonely Oak Chapter 123 - Principal Versus Principle
Ket felt like he was dragged through his dream out of his sleep. The alarm blared in his ear with what sounded like the decibels of a thousand air-horns. He pushed up, his arms tingling from pins and needles. He glanced at the clock even as it...
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...
Lonely Oak Chapter 31
_Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-BRRRR._ _Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-BRRRR._ _Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-BRRRR!_ "Hey," Emeral said softly, tapping Ket on the shoulder. He turned to her, left eye half-lidded, right eye almost completely closed. "It'd open...
Lonely Oak Chapter 64
Ket spotted Momma B. standing by the changing rooms with her arms crossed. Next to her was a pole on which hung a couple blouses, a few other tops, and a few pairs of pants on the other side. "Have you tried these on yet?" Momma R. asked, thumbing...
Lonely Oak Chapter 119 - Can't Wait To Be King
With their eyes constantly on the ticking second-hand of the clock, the next few days crawled for all of the little Oakers. It felt frivolous to crack open their books and continue learning. Homework stopped being issued last week. At this point, it...
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 93 - The Artist
"All right," coach Robert's said, "Your numbers dropped a bit, which is good. Make sure you're keeping active." "Uh-huh," Panda muttered. He knew what the coach meant. It was "Physical" day, or something like that. As if the Tests weren't boring...
Lonely Oak Chapter 81
"No... _Fucking..._ Way..." Panda gestured to the stage as the wolf left. "Goren, everybody!" He said to the crowd beside him, who had so reverently praised and flaunted him just a moment ago. "Lyza, your word is: Arrogance." "Arrogance," Lyza said...
Lonely Oak Chapter 95 - Broken Wisdom
Nachos. One of the few lunch items that many kids could actually stand. After all, it was simple and easy. The nacho chips tasted okay, even if they were a little stale sometimes. The cheese was probably not healthy. But it was so runny and gooey, and...