“I
brung you a giftie,” he told her eagerly, his eyes dancing with excitement.
“What was it that you held up at the Gathering? I couldn’t see it.”
“I
brung you two things. A big and a
little. The big be coming still. But I gots the little here in my
pockie.” He dug one hand deep into his
pocket and pulled out a handful of nuts and a dead grasshopper.
“Nope. Be the other side.”
(from Gathering
Blue by Lois Lowry)
7*/10. The
complete review is here.
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