Altogether, One at a Time by E.L. Konigsburg

Author:E.L. Konigsburg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 1971-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Miss Natasha smiled and nodded yes.

“Why they’re jewelled and gorgeous enough to make every Barbie doll in the country want to barf from jealousy. Tiny princes and princesses no bigger than peeled pistachios.”

“Can you find the ring, on the top of the may-pole?” Miss Natasha asked.

I did.

“Pull it.”

I did. The tiny, jewelled children started swinging around the pole, and chimes played a pretty tune.

“Au Clair de la Lune” Miss Natasha said. “In the Moonlight. That’s the name of the song. Doesn’t that fit?” she asked looking out the window.

“I guess I would say that it does,” I admitted. “Is this a Swiss movement?” I asked.

“No, Walt Disney,” she laughed. Then she snapped closed the beautiful locket.

“It sure closes easier than it opens,” I said.

“Most things do,” she answered. An d then Miss Natasha left my bed and left our cabin.

How they could expect all that fresh air and exercise to do anything but make me more hungry, I’ll never know. A t our next weigh-in, I had lost a total of five pounds. That’s a lot for a kid, but according to them, I was just on schedule. Five pounds every two weeks.

We had to write home again:

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