Hannah’s desk. She wondered if Hannah had started school today. Then her thoughts drifted over to the new family that was moving into Hannah’s house today. She wondered if the family had already unloaded their belongings. Papa and Mama were going to spend the day helping them. Lily thought there shouldn’t be school today. She thought it would be nice if everyone could be there to help them move in and welcome them to Cloverdale, but Papa said that the only time school was canceled was when someone got married, someone died, or someone moved away. Everyone needed to say goodbye. But when a person moved in, there would be plenty of people there to help unload the truck without the school children underfoot. There would be plenty more time to say hello and get acquainted later on. Lily wondered how many children might be in the new family and if one of them might sit in Hannah’s empty desk. In a way, she hoped so.
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