The Dream Bearer by Walter Dean Myers

The Dream Bearer by Walter Dean Myers

Author:Walter Dean Myers
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780061974984
Publisher: HarperCollins


We were having spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, and I asked if Loren could come over. Mom said to ask Reuben and he said it was okay with him. Loren loves spaghetti and meatballs.

When I sat back down after calling him and telling Mom that he was coming, Reuben said that me and Loren were really good friends.

“You ever go to his house to eat?” he said.

“I don’t like what his mother makes,” I said.

“You and him need to stay away from these bums on the street,” Reuben said. “You never know what they up to. They can have some kind of disease, they can be up to no good, you can’t tell.”

“Who’s this?” Mom was putting olive oil in the sauce.

“We met this man who says he’s three hundred years old,” I said. “He said he keeps dreams and carries them around with him for all that time.”

“Stay away from him!” Reuben said.

“Why?”

“Because I said so.”

“I think he’s okay,” I said.

“Stay away from him!”

The tears came again and I just let them run down my face. Reuben was looking at me, and he was mad, and for the first time in my life I didn’t look away from him.

I was sorry when Loren came over. Reuben sat with us at the dinner table, and nobody said anything as we ate. At first it could have been that nobody had anything to say, but then we all knew how quiet we were being, and it was like we were caught up in it.

Mr. Moses’ dream came to mind, and I imagined him in the cotton field, in the hot sun, caught up in his dream. But he hadn’t told me why they had been picking the cotton so fast. That was a part of the dream that didn’t make any sense. Having a hard time swallowing spaghetti didn’t make sense, either.



Download



Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.