Mothers And Daughters
“Iris was riveted. The plane had lost radio contact somewhere in the Pacific a week before, but a massive search had yet to uncover any sign of wreckage or the bodies of the aviatrix and her navigator. She imagined them on a beach, windblown and suntanned, drinking out of coconuts.
“Dead,” her father said. “Of course they’re dead. It’s irrational to think otherwise.”
“They haven’t found the plane,” Iris said. “The announcer said it himself. They could have landed on one of those islands.”
“Maybe... it was all a hoax,” her mother said. “Maybe she got tired of being Amelia Earheart and changed her name and moved to Kansas.”
Iris frowned at her mother. “She was famous! Why would she move to Kansas?”
“You don’t think they’d recognize her?” her father asked.
“If you saw her out of her fancy clothes without a plane in sight, you wouldn’t know who she was neither.”
“Pfft,” he said, standing creakily. Harvest had taken its yearly toll on his body.MoreLess
“Dead,” her father said. “Of course they’re dead. It’s irrational to think otherwise.”
“They haven’t found the plane,” Iris said. “The announcer said it himself. They could have landed on one of those islands.”
“Maybe... it was all a hoax,” her mother said. “Maybe she got tired of being Amelia Earheart and changed her name and moved to Kansas.”
Iris frowned at her mother. “She was famous! Why would she move to Kansas?”
“You don’t think they’d recognize her?” her father asked.
“If you saw her out of her fancy clothes without a plane in sight, you wouldn’t know who she was neither.”
“Pfft,” he said, standing creakily. Harvest had taken its yearly toll on his body.MoreLess
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