Mason

Author:Thomas Pendleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

After dinner Mason paced his room frantically, going back and forth, trying to burn away his concern. The exercise didn’t work, though. He still felt frantic. So he sat down at his desk and began to draw, but the pictures all came out dark and terrible. Mason’s nerves were so tense, he accidentally snapped his pencil. He opened the drawer of the desk to search for another and came across a set of colored pencils. Aunt Molly had given them to him as a Christmas present. He’d forgotten all about them because he got the gift after Gene told him to stop drawing.

Using the colored pencils, Mason began drawing the park. He lost himself in the bright hues of green and gold and blue. Whenever something dark and nasty came to his mind, Mason fought it really hard, because the picture had to be nice if it was going to make Rene feel better. The grass spread out on the page with hints of sunlight and shadow on every blade. The river ran in the back, rippling and churning against the far bank. Lightning leaped in the air to catch his tennis ball. People walked or spoke to one another, and everyone was smiling. Mason sat with Rene on a checkered tablecloth, having a picnic. She looked really pretty, just like she did at Frank’s, only she wore a white dress, the kind she always used to wear when they were children. In the picture, she laughed and held a big glass of lemonade.

It was a good picture, and Mason would take it to the hospital tomorrow and give it to Rene. She’d like it. It would help her get better.

It had to.

It just had to.

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