WSTRUG Answers to Burgess Might be scared BIG reward 073 482 7691 Yeah And eyebrows Yeah She flips her hair off her shoulders Most people put up photo a
I need to get their attention I say Mom slides a piece of toast in front of me I’ll photocopy it at work she says You can put the posters up after school Paper says my sister What about the trees Mom sighs This one time Mom works in recycling Dad says she’s on a mission to get everyone to reduce their trash for a whole year to an amount that will fit in a zip-lock sandwich bag He says most people can’t do it He says he couldn’t do it He had too much garbage for Mom to handle He lives in another city now I look down at my toast slathered with peanut butter the way I like it I push it away I’ll eat it says Hazel taking the toast and biting into it Her teeth grind 3
away and peanut butter smears the side of her cheek I’m sure we’ll find him she says How far can he go He might have caught a ride I say pushing my chair back She shakes her head slowly back and forth Sometimes I wonder about you She’s okay for an older sister because she likes to ride bikes and go places together But we don’t always see the same things even if we’re standing right beside each other looking at them She sees a frog I see Burgess and everything he’s capable of Everybody ready asks my mom picking up her computer bag Teeth brushed Reece do you have your math homework I grab my multiplication sheet and stuff it in my pack I follow them out to 4
our vw bus Burgess is out there alone How can they act like nothing has happened In class I draw a few more posters while the teacher reads to us I draw Burgess with a suitcase under his arm I give him shoes After school I put up the posters I press the tacks deep into a wooden telephone pole I smooth the paper down with my hand It makes the pole look better to have something on it People like to look at something while they’re waiting for the bell to ring I know I do I bend down to tie my shoelace A shadow falls over me Are you that kid looking for his lost frog 5
