The World Ends In Hickory Hollow - Plot & Excerpts
Our four new members were not well, not at all. The three-year-old, Lillian, was the one with the terrible cough, and we were antsy about pneumonia. She was not only all but shaken apart by her coughing fits, but she was so frightened of being left, once again, by herself with no adult that she wasn't satisfied unless she was in somebody's lap. La-Tonsha held her more than anyone, but the fragile five-year-old tired quickly. Lillian was almost as big as she was, and her fever made her restless. Mom Allie, Suzi, and I were called in all directions at odd moments, so that we made highly unreliable laps. Miss Vera solved the problem when she came over to see how our charges were doing. She hadn't really recovered her vigor since our outing, and she seemed happy to sit in the old Lincoln rocker, rocking quietly and crooning old songs to the child in her high, cracked voice. There was something hypnotic in the combination. La-Tonsha and the other girl. two-year-old Jashie, would sit as near as they could get without getting pinched by the rockers ...
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