Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? by Kate DiCamillo

Author:Kate DiCamillo [DiCamillo, Kate; Dusen, Chris Van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-9206-3
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2016-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Did the stars really sing? Why had no one told Baby that before?

“Have another jelly bean, Lucille,” said Sheila.

Baby leaned forward to inspect the jelly beans. Sunlight streamed in through the train window. Dust motes danced in the beams of light. Baby could still hear the music playing somewhere very far away. She felt another wave of happiness wash over her.

“Take a handful,” said Sheila.

Baby took a handful.

Sheila got off the train at Hickam Briar. She stood on the platform and waved to Baby. She called out, “Good-bye, Lucille! Good-bye!”

Sheila left Baby with an assortment of jelly beans tied up in a handkerchief. The handkerchief had Sheila’s initials embroidered on it.

“See?” said Sheila when she gave Baby the handkerchief. “S.A.M. Those are my initials. Sheila Ann Marsden. My father embroidered that. He is very good with a needle and thread. If he knew you, he would sew your initials onto a handkerchief, too. Lucille Abigail Eleanor Lincoln. L.A.E.L.”

Baby thought that she would miss Sheila quite a bit, but she didn’t have time to miss her, because soon after the Hickam Briar station, the conductor appeared in the aisle by Baby’s seat. With the conductor was a very small boy with a paper crown on his head and a sign around his neck. The sign said TRAVELING ALONE. PLEASE TREAT WITH EXTREME CARE, GENTLENESS, AND ALSO SOME CAUTION. HEADED TO FLATIRON IN CARE OF HIS AUNT GERTRUDE.

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