Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie — page 5 — 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

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie — page 6 — 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

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie — page 7 — 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

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie — page 8 — 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

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