Danny Who Fell in a Hole Cary Fagan Illustrations by Milan Pavlovic GROUNDWOOD BOOKS HOUSE OF ANANSI PRESS TORONTO BERKELEY
For Paul Lowry childhood friend rival inspiration
1 Big News IT’S REALLY NOTHING to worry about Danny’s mother said Think of it as an adventure Danny’s father said That’s what life really is right Full of surprises Danny and his older brother Doug sat in the two matching armchairs in the living room All around them were cardboard boxes The boxes were full of their stuff books framed pictures shoes and baseball mitts The boxes hadn’t been there that morning Doug was slumped in his chair plucking his ukulele But Danny was sitting bolt upright His hands were holding onto the armrests as if the chair might start to buck like a wild horse His parents were sitting on the sofa holding hands and looking at Danny and his brother with the exact same faces Danny knew those expressions well Usually they meant that his parents had volunteered them all to paint an outdoor mural or perform in an amateur theater festival or engage in some other artistic happening But nothing had prepared him for this
