Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock

Author:Elizabeth Flock [Flock, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780778322856
Google: P1FZPgAACAAJ
Amazon: 0778313980
Goodreads: 80534
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2004-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

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ELIZABETH FLOCK

We’re walking single file ‘cause the trail isn’t big enough to go side by side. Emma reaches out every once in a step to brush branches or touch leaves. It’s hard to look straight up ahead or to the sides since we’re not used to the ground yet, and we don’t know when a root or rock’ll trip us up. So for now we’re both studying each step we take. That’s why we’re moving slower than molasses.

“You think we can get a dog?” she asks, skipping over a fallen branch that’s covered in moss.

“I wish.” The rocks are just big enough to twist up your ankle if you don’t step square onto them.

The sound of trickling water gets louder and louder and pretty soon the rocks sparkle with water.

“We have our own stream!” Emma calls out. “Look!”

She’s right about that—there’s no one around to call it but us.

“We better name it before someone else comes along,” I say. “I saw it first so it should be the Emma River.” “We can’t call it the Emma River. That’s stupid.” “I’m calling it that.” “I’m not.”

Then there’s quiet where I can tell she’s wondering how strong a hold she has on the name since it won’t be much of a name if she’s the only one to use it. I know I can wait her out.

“What about the Toast River?” she says. I have to think about it a minute. It’s really not much of a river since the water moves just a bit faster than a drippy kitchen tap.

If you laid five encyclopedias down on the ground and jumped over them with room to spare, you’d see how wide our stream is. The bucket doesn’t go halfway down ‘fore it hits bottom, but it fills up pretty quick so Momma’ll be happy.

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