Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Author:Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Social Issues, Animals, Family, Elephants, Juvenile Fiction, Depression & Mental Illness, Parents
ISBN: 9780763641559
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2011-03-08T03:16:25+00:00

He woke to shouting. Not frantic or angry shouting, but the kind of yelling people do when they’re talking across a distance. It took him a moment to remember where he was, but it didn’t take him long to realize that the shouting was coming from the people who worked at the store and that they were calling out to one another. Closing time.

Dang! Should he change? Maybe he should just grab his own clothes and run — take off before they had a chance to wonder why a kid was hanging out in a dressing room by himself. Or maybe . . .

He gathered his damp clothes in his arms and quietly opened the door, just a crack — just far enough that the stall would appear unoccupied. Then he huddled on the bench in the corner that was blocked by the door.

He could hear footsteps nearby and held his breath: a girl humming, the opening of another dressing-room door.

After what seemed like an eternity, he heard her shout, “All clear!”

The lights went out.

Jack was going to spend the night in the store.

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