Chapter One My name is Lark Ba and I have my head in the clouds Well not really If I had my head in the clouds I’d be as big as a giant That would be neat though because I’d finally be taller than my brother Connor He’s my little brother and he’s way younger than me Having my head in the clouds is something my halmoni that’s Korean for grandmother says when I start 1
daydreaming and get distrackTed distracktid distracted I am trying hard to concentrate only it is difficult because Connor and I are in a play and I’m so excited The kmunity cahmounity community theater is doing Alice in Wonderland and both Connor and I got parts He gets to be a tree and the White Rabbit I get to be the Caterpillar and one of the flowers Plus we each have talking parts Pluser I get to do more talking than Connor That part is the bestest Being in a play means practicing very very hard to memorize our lines Connor and I were in the basement of our house We had to be very very quiet because it was early in the morning and we’d get in trouble if we woke up Mom Dad or Halmoni I sat on the couch with Max 2
our dog Connor stood in front of us Connor you’re doing it wrong I said He scowled No I’m not Ugh Little brothers Yes you are You’re just standing there Lark I’m a tree I’m being a very good tree To prove it he stood with his feet wide apart and lifted his hands to the sky See That’s a tree That’s a stump with some branches You’re a tree You have to look like it He dropped his hands and backed away No No way You’re not painting my face green with that sticky makeup again I still have some behind my ears and it’s been two days I sighed I’m not talking about face paint I’m talking about being a tree They don’t just stand there They move if there’s a breeze Look at me I stood 3
