Flood Friday by Lois Lenski

Author:Lois Lenski [Lenski, Lois]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4532-2748-0
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
Published: 2011-09-02T04:00:00+00:00

When they came out in the hall, there was Daddy. Mother and the children gathered round to hear his news.

“Have we got a house or not?” asked Bobby.

“We still have a house,” said Daddy.

“Thank God,” said Mother.

Mr. Graham had had to travel a roundabout way to the Town Hall in the center of town, to get his pass. He found a friend to take him in a canoe down Farmington Avenue, to see if the house was still there. The waters had receded somewhat. From the boat he could look into the broken windows.

“You didn’t bring us any clothes?” asked Mother.

“I couldn’t get the doors or windows open,” said Daddy. “They are all swollen shut. I might have got in the upstairs window if I’d had a ladder.”

“How was the house?” asked Mother.

“There’s still water downstairs,” said Daddy. “The piano is lying face down—it must have bounced around. Your cedar chest floated out to the kitchen. The table is still upright, with the new coffeemaker on it. It must have gone up and down again. The washing machine moved around and ended up in a corner. Most of the windows are broken. It’s a good thing the cellar door was left open. That’s why we still have a house. The pressure was the same inside as out.”

“How deep was the water?” asked Mother.

“It must have been over six feet,” said Daddy. “We’re lucky it didn’t reach the second floor.”

“And the rest of town?” asked Mother.

“There are only four houses left on the river side of Farmington Avenue,” said Daddy. “It’s the saddest sight you want to see. Trash and lumber, ruined cars and trucks, debris everywhere.”

“Only four houses!” cried Mother. “All the others?”

“Washed away,” said Daddy. “Most of those on New Britain Avenue too.”

“Oh Daddy,” cried Sally. “Can’t we go home now? The water must be all down by today, if it was starting to go down last night.”

“We can’t go till we are allowed to,” said Daddy. “I had to get a pass to even go and look at it.”

“But Daddy,” said Karen. “We can’t stay here. There’s too many people. Where are we going then?”

“I’ll tell you later,” said Daddy.

“Let’s go to Maine,” said Jack.

“I wish we could,” said Daddy.

Sally was out in front of the school when a car drove up and everybody crowded around it. She went over to see. There was Fireman Leo Rogers and little Linda Marciano with her dog Tiny. The people went wild.

“Linda Marciano! Linda has been rescued!” they cried.

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