Debby Waldman MIRIAM'S SECRET ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS
To my grandparents Velvel William Chernoff and Dora Eva Rollband Chernoff and Harris Zvi Waldman and Sarah Papkin Waldman may their memories be for a blessing
one Miriam was startled awake Her room was shaking the window next to her bed rattling like chattering teeth A long eerie whistle reminded her that she wasn’t in Brooklyn anymore Sitting up she pushed the curtains apart expecting to see a giant lifting her grandparents farmhouse off the ground But the moonlight revealed only the lights of a caboose She watched it disappear down the snow-covered train tracks The night fell still and silent once again The next time Miriam opened her eyes sunlight was leaking through the curtains Her grandmother was standing by the bed smiling down at her 1
