Free as a Bird by Gina McMurchy-Barber

Author:Gina McMurchy-Barber
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: JUV039150, JUV000000
Publisher: Dundurn Press Limited
Published: 2010-10-20T04:00:00+00:00

Drivin in a car was like bein a balloon — I felt all light an bouncy as I watched all em trucks an cars an buses an bikes goin this way an that. An passin by so many buildins too — there was some big an some small, an some was department stores with people goin in an out, an some was jus liddle places with only one or two inside. When we drove cross a bridge I saw the river below — there was a tiny liddle boat draggin a big box filled to the top — wondered how somethin so small could be so strong. Soon we was passin lotsa houses an grassy places where liddle kids ran an played. Even if everythin looked new an different, I knowed I’d seen it all before.

“Here we are, Ruby Jean. This is the Williamses’ place and your new home.” Mrs. Gentry drove her car up in front of a white-an-green house an stopped. I dunno why but all of a sudden I had the jitters an started twistin an scratchin my hands.

“Now, Ruby Jean, we’ve talked about this. You don’t need to be afraid. These people are wonderful and they’re looking forward to meeting you. Please don’t scratch yourself. Everything will be okay — you’ll see.” Mrs. Gentry was awful good to me an I knowed I could trust her. So I tried real hard not to scratch my hands. “Okay, ready? Let’s go meet your new friends.”

We went up to the front door an Mrs. Gentry let me push the button. I was surprised to hear a bing-bong sound comin from inside the house. When the door opened I saw my new friends for the first time. I can’t esplain it on account of me not bein so smart, but the second I looked at em I knowed everythin was gunna be okay.

Mr. an Mrs. Williams said I should call em Nan an Pops. I dint call em that cause I dint talk, but I wanted to. Then Nan told me to follow her down the hall.

“Here’s your bedroom, Ruby Jean,” Nan said. “We did our best to make it beautiful. Do you like it?”

I dint member seein walls that weren’t green, or windows without meddal bars. In that room — the room Nan said was mine — the walls were yellow with tiny flowers an the window had fluffy white curtains. An the bed — instead of brown meddal an a mattress covered in plastic with green sheets — it was white an big an soft an had a frilly skirt that looked like it was sposed to be for a princess. There was a big pink chair with pillows, drawers with shiny handles, an pictures on the walls of horses an flowers. Suddenly, I was one of those happy ladies on The Price Is Right that won the big prize an I felt full of bubbles an Jell-O. There was a rumble inside me an I laughed — yup, I laughed out loud.

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