Like Bug Juice on a Burger

Like Bug Juice on a Burger — page 5 — She got great at diving too I said They gave her trophies Let’s get you started winning trophies Grandma Sadie said I’ll call your mom’s camp right away Camp Wallumwahpuck She did too She called that camp with the crazy name right away She also sent me a photograph in the mail An old camp picture of my mom when she was a girl

Like Bug Juice on a Burger — page 6 — She’s standing outside a small white cabin wearing a backpack and hugging a rolled-up puffy sleeping bag She looks so happy I taped that picture to the wall by my bed and looked at it night after night before the start of summer All those nights

Like Bug Juice on a Burger — page 7 — I believed I’d be happy at Wallumwahpuck too I really did

Like Bug Juice on a Burger — page 8 — The day before camp began my mom and I packed up together I read aloud from the camp list Two flashlights I read with batteries One moment my mom said She searched through shopping bags and pulled out two flashlights and two packs of batteries Marker please she said I handed her a permanent marker and she started writing my name on a flashlight Because the camp list said to label everything

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