So what is the news I asked My father looked at my mother My mother took a deep breath Bibi is moving away she said I blinked at them I could not speak
Bibi is my babysitter She has been my babysitter my whole life She is the best babysitter in the world She makes me soup when I am sick She holds my feet when I do handstands She knows which of my teeth are loose and which ones I’ve lost and where I was when I lost them She rubs my back when I am tired She takes a needle and thread and sews up my pants to make them fit right And she knows not to tickle me Because I hate to be tickled
Bibi cannot move away I said She is moving to Florida my father said To be with her father He is sick He needs her I need her I said Bibi cannot move away I said again You are eight Eleanor my mom said You are getting so big You don’t need Bibi as much as you used to Everything will be okay
I started to cry I don’t want to get so big I said Everything will not be okay I said This is as bad as somebody dying I said And it was It was as bad as somebody dying
