Madam I'm Adam I'm twelve years three months and twenty four days old But this story starts on my birthday May 1 when I turned twelve On that day my life changed I was sitting outside the After School Club surfing the Internet on a school laptop when I heard footsteps behind me Turning I found a short pudgy man with a flabby neck standing there He had black hair and wore a black turban with a huge black jewel set in the middle The rest of his outfit was black as well black pants a black silk shirt and a black cape draped over his shoulders Who wears a cape nowadays I asked myself Other than magicians superheroes and Dracula I mean The After School Club building was one of those trailer classrooms at the edge of the playground I stayed there every day until my mother who worked at the middle school could pick me up On my birthday Mom was running late I was the only student left the only witness to this odd visitor The man was all nods and grins as he sat at the picnic
table He stared me with inky black eyes that never at blinked His large neck gave him two chins the top one rimmed with a thin black beard Happy birthday Adam Story he began His English accent reminded me of actors on educational TV It's certainly good to meet you at last Today the day you turn twelve we have certain important issues certain urgent topics to discuss This is an historic day Adam Story That s for certain Usually I avoided talking to strangers and this man sure seemed strange Without a word I began poking the keys on the laptop The man reached inside his cape His hand came out cradling a long slender animal with a pointed face Its fur matched the color of a dry playground The creature's pinpoint eyes ogled me like its master's Its wide mouth
