Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo

Author:Kate DiCamillo [DiCamillo, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781536204773
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Dear Louisiana, I read. You must be brave.

Well, that first sentence made me mad.

I was tired of being brave. Just like I was tired of imposing and persevering.

But I went on reading.

I am going to tell you some things you must know, that perhaps you should have known all along.

I could feel my heart sink all the way down to my toes.

I knew it. I knew that this was a letter of good-bye; I could tell. It was almost more than I could bear.

But I had to bear it, didn’t I? What choice did I have?

I read on.

I know that you know the story of the curse, but what I have never told you is that I saw my father that night — the night that he sawed my mother in half and walked away without putting her back together again.

I was standing at the window of the hotel room. I was waiting for the two of them to return from the theater. I was up late, later than I should have been. I looked out the window of the hotel room, and I saw my father walking down the street toward the hotel. He was alone. His magician’s cloak was floating out behind him. And I knew, suddenly, that he was going to tell me something important, but I did not know what it was. I could not imagine, you see. I could not imagine.

My father stopped and looked up at the window of the hotel. I waved at him. He looked at me, and then he turned and walked away without saying anything to me at all.

And that moment, when my father left without telling me anything, is the moment when the curse truly began.

That was the true moment of sundering.

I closed my eyes. I could see small Granny, young Granny, standing at the window of the hotel room watching her father turn and walk away from her. It made my heart hurt. Poor Granny.

At least she had all her teeth then.

I read on.

In these last few days, my father has appeared to me again and again. In Florida, I woke from a dream of him calling my name (speaking to me at last!), and I knew then that we must go to Elf Ear immediately. That is why we left in such haste, Louisiana. I felt as if I was being summoned.

And now every time I close my eyes, I see him, my father. He appears out of the fog of my mind and he calls my name and his tone is ominous. It has become clear to me what I must do. I must go and confront the curse. I must do it alone.

Was it a good idea for a toothless, feverish Granny to go and confront the curse by herself? Without me? Well, I did not think so. But then, Granny wasn’t soliciting my opinion, was she?

I don’t know what I will find in Elf Ear, Louisiana. I don’t know what darkness awaits me, but I know that I must keep you safe from it.

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