The True Gift by Patricia MacLachlan

Author:Patricia MacLachlan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

All through dinner there is no talk of White Cow. There is talk of Christmas and the town and books.

“Do you want to make Christmas cookies tomorrow, Lily?” asks Gran.

“Sure,” I say.

Charlie sits by Grandpa’s feet, watching the floor intently, waiting for Grandpa to drop food. Emmet sleeps by the fireplace, almost in the fireplace.

Liam gets up and carries his plate to the kitchen and comes back for the other plates.

“Do you have a copy machine?” he asks Grandpa.

“Nope. Sorry,” says Grandpa.

“I’ll keep thinking,” he says in a soft voice.

“Don’t think,” I tell him just as softly.

Liam smiles.

That night we sleep with the curtains open so we can look out and see the stars across the sky. I wake in the night once and can see light under the door of Liam’s room. I sigh and turn over and count the stars until I fall back to sleep.

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