Belonging
“Todd entered the front door without knocking—they all agreed it was simpler if he did—and Wolf fell all over himself in a flurry of legs and fur getting down to greet him. Madaket followed more slowly, first checking to be sure Joanna was comfortable and had everything she needed for the night.Equipped with battery-powered lights and spades and shovels, and taking down wood for bracing, the two young people climbed down the rickety ladder into the root cellar. They’d formed a plan about how the...y’d go about their search, and they had discussed it thoroughly with Joanna. Carefully they scooped sand into buckets, poured the sand in a pile in a corner of the cellar, and made arches of wood to support the roof and walls in the tunnel. They told Joanna their work was hot, boring, and dirty. So far they’d found nothing but sand.When Madaket came up to bring Joanna her warm milk and nighttime snack, she’d have grains of sand glistening like bits of opals in her black hair. Often Todd came up to Joanna’s bedroom, too, appealingly awkward in his jeans and heavy work boots.MoreLess
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