One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street

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her mother safe and one secret way involved climbing climbing the orange tree It worked every time I’ll call Ali right away said Leandra I’ll bet that cone means bad news We’re due for a club meeting anyway But Ali Garcia 305 Orange Street wasn’t worried at all Maybe it means an important person will be driving by like the mayor Ali said It could be something exciting Maybe someone’s going to make a movie about our street She and her little brother brother Edgar were sitting on the living room couch while they waited for Edgar’s careperson to arrive They lived right smack across the street from the lot and Ali had noticed the orange cone first thing that morning Actually it looks just like a wizard’s hat Leandra laughed still grumpy Oh grow up she said Leandra was five and a half months older than Ali and often said that Only kidding said Ali See you soon It did look like a wizard’s cap thought Ali staring at the cone across the street When she had been younger younger Ali had imagined the lot was a magical place inhabited