He stayed in the tent to write the letter so Squid and the other boys wouldn’t make fun of him for writing to his mother.
“Dear Mom and Dad, Camp is hard, but challenging. We’ve been running obstacle courses, and have to swim long distances on the lake.
Tomorrow we learn...” He stopped writing as Zero walked into the tent, then returned to his letter.
He didn’t care what Zero thought. Zero was nobody. “... to rock climb. I know that sounds scary, but don’t worry,
I’ll be careful. It’s not all fun and games here, but I think I’m getting a lot out of it. It builds character.”
The other boys... “I don’t know how,” said Zero.
“What?” “Can you teach me?” Stanley didn’t know what he was talking about.
“Teach you what, to rock climb?” Zero stared at him with penetrating eyes.
“What?” said Stanley. He was hot, tired, and sore. “I want to learn to read and write,” said Zero.
Stanley let out a short laugh. He wasn’t laughing at Zero. He was just surprised.
All this time he had thought Zero was reading over his shoulder. “Sorry,” he said. “I don’t know how to teach.”
After digging all day, he didn’t have the strength to try to teach Zero to read and write. He needed to save his energy for the people who counted.
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