“Your mother?” laughed Squid. “She’ll worry if I don’t.” Squid scowled. Stanley looked around the room.
This was the one place in camp where the boys could enjoy themselves, and what’d they do? They wrecked it.
The glass on the TV was smashed, as if someone had put his foot through it.
Every table and chair seemed to be missing at least one leg. Everything leaned.
He waited to write the letter until after Squid had gotten up and joined the game of pool.
Dear Mom, Today was my first day at camp, and I’ve already made some friends.
We’ve been out on the lake all day, so I’m pretty tired. Once I pass the swimming test, I’ll get to learn how to water-ski.
“I...” He stopped writing as he became aware that somebody was reading over his shoulder.
He turned to see Zero, standing behind the couch. “I don’t want her to worry about me,” he explained.
Zero said nothing. He just stared at the letter with a serious, almost angry look on his face.
Stanley slipped it back into the stationery box. “Did the shoes have red X’s on the back?” Zero asked him.
It took Stanley a moment, but then he realized Zero was asking about Clyde Livingston’s shoes.
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