The Reflecting Pool
The next morning the girls woke up at 8:00 am when Kimberly yelled upstairs, “Girls wake up! Are you going to sleep away the whole day?”
Lucinda was half awake anyway and yelled to her mom, “Okay mom! I’m awake!”
Frances opened one eye and said, “Huh?”
“I guess we should get up and meet the day," said Lucinda.
Frances and Lucinda went downstairs where they found Jackie in the kitchen fixing french toast. “Hi Jackie," said Frances. “Did you have a nice time last night with Jim?”
“Yeah, we went to a movie,” said Jackie. “What have you guys been up to?”
“Not much," said Lucinda. “I visited Ambur and Honeysuckle a couple days ago and they’re doing fine with baby Tulip.”
“That’s good," said Jackie. “Do you want some french toast?”
After breakfast Frances told Lucinda she had to go home. Lucinda told her she was going to visit Ambur and let him know what they did. “I’ll take what we found also and I’ll let you know what he says," said Lucinda. It wasn’t long before Lucinda had her rocks cleaned up and in a bag. Then she jumped in her hiking boots and started down the trail to Ambur's house.
The only thing left behind was the shiny rock Lucinda found just before leaving the cave. She put it on her writing desk to use as a paper weight. When she went by the spot where they came back to the trail from the cave there was Frances' scarf. Lucinda moved it to a different branch more out of the way and re-tied it.
Then she kept on down the trail to the other spot where they first left the trail. She took out her pocket knife and cut the glow stick off the tree branch. She looked around and picked out several identifying landmarks so she could find her way back to the cave again. Or at least, maybe later she ...
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...ast look ... she heard a “plunk” and looked over to see a small section of rocks bend and move like ripples in a pond ... a pond! Over in the corner was a small pond with water so clear and still everything reflected in it. You couldn’t even tell it was there unless you knew it. And one drop of water gave it away. Lucinda was wanting to leave and so never mentioned this to Ambur. There would be other visits to the cave she figured. They left the cave (with the gold nugget and one glowing rock for Honeysuckle) and headed for home.
As they walked Ambur asked, "Luce, did you tell your mom and dad about your gift yet?"
"I was hoping you wouldn't have mentioned that. No, I haven't yet. I'm not sure how to bring it up," said Lucinda.
"There's no easy way to break news, Luce. You just have to come out and say it. You should probably do it tonight and get that past you."
Quickly Arthur took out a key (he stole) to open a door that led to a room and under a small carpet there was a door that led to the tunnel. Inside the room there was two backpacks, for them, filled with a flashlight, clothes, and money (Arthur’s brother was able to get inside and put the backpacks in). Arthur and Heather walked into the tunnel
The next morning I woke up, washed my White gown on the washboard, and walked with John to see my sister. I talked to Lizzie for about an hour. The Jail let us take her to a park nearby and talk to her, John had went into town to run a few errands, and that when Lizzie told me everything.
“Oh God,” Garraty gasped. “Oh Jesus Christ they’re killing me. I… I can’t…” He broke into loose, trickling laughter once more. His knees buckled. McVries ripped him to his feet once more. Garraty’s collar tore. They were both warned. That’s my last warning, Garraty thought dimly. I’m on my way to see that fabled farm. Sorry, Jan, I…
He just turned and left without a word. I touched Lennie’s grave. The rough touch of the wood deflecting to my fingers. I walked back to the ranch. Everyone was asleep. I wanted to run away tomorrow but I couldn’t let this chance pass up. It also prevented any chance of Candy following me. I tiptoed out of the room and went straight to the woods. I made sure to mix myself in with the shadows of the trees. I saw the river and It felt like I did it...until I felt something grab me by my neck. I quickly got flipped over and pushed to the ground.
Narrator 1: Thinking that she’ll find some food at Bear’s house, she flew there, but when she got to Bear’s cave. Bear was sound asleep for the winter. All Bear’s food was stor...
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She kept going back, again and again. She thought of clever plans that helped her trick the plantation owners. She would take the master horse for the first part of the journey. She would also leave on a Saturday night, since runaway notices couldn't be placed in newspapers until Monday morning. She would also carry a drug to use on a baby if crying might put them in danger.
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She went in front of the bear and smiled with a smile so wide that the bear itself went back in it cave.” At that time, every villager who was listening to the story also thought like the people in the village
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One hour later Ruby and Chloe and came back to the camp at the forest. They enjoyed barbecues and roasted potato for dinner. Toward the end they had a warm hot scrumptious, delicious chocolate with a little whipped cream. Not long after that they went to rest.