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One
day
she
was
sent
to
the
basement
to
clean
the
blackboard
erasers
by
clomping
them
together
,
and
she
found
him
sitting
on
a
metal
stool
near
the
furnace
scowling
over
a
green
-
and
-
white
checkerboard
in
front
of
him
.
But
where
the
checkers
should
be
there
were
little
plastic
things
in
funny
shapes
.
Some
were
larger
than
others
.
There
were
more
of
the
small
ones
than
any
of
the
others
.
The
janitor
looked
up
at
her
.
She
left
in
silence
.
On
Friday
,
everybody
ate
fish
,
Catholic
or
not
.
It
came
in
squares
,
breaded
with
a
dark
,
brown
,
dry
crust
and
covered
with
a
thick
orange
sauce
,
like
bottled
French
dressing
.
The
sauce
was
sweet
and
terrible
,
but
the
fish
beneath
it
was
worse
.
The
taste
of
it
nearly
gagged
her
.
But
you
had
to
eat
every
bite
,
or
Mrs
.
Deardorff
would
be
told
about
you
and
you
wouldn
’
t
get
adopted
.
Some
children
got
adopted
right
off
.
A
six
-
year
-
old
named
Alice
had
come
in
a
month
after
Beth
and
was
taken
in
three
weeks
by
some
nice
-
looking
people
with
an
accent
.
They
walked
through
the
ward
on
the
day
they
came
for
Alice
.
Beth
had
wanted
to
throw
her
arms
around
them
because
they
looked
happy
to
her
,
but
she
turned
away
when
they
glanced
at
her
.
Other
children
had
been
there
a
long
time
and
knew
they
would
never
leave
.
They
called
themselves
“
lifers
.
”
Beth
wondered
if
she
was
a
lifer
.
*
*
*
Gym
was
bad
,
and
volleyball
was
the
worst
.
Beth
could
never
hit
the
ball
right
.
She
would
slap
at
it
fiercely
or
push
at
it
with
stiff
fingers
.
Once
she
hurt
her
finger
so
much
that
it
swelled
up
afterward
.
Most
of
the
girls
laughed
and
shouted
when
they
played
,
but
Beth
never
did
.
Jolene
was
the
best
player
by
far
.
It
wasn
’
t
just
that
she
was
older
and
taller
;
she
always
knew
exactly
what
to
do
,
and
when
the
ball
came
high
over
the
net
,
she
could
station
herself
under
it
without
having
to
shout
at
the
others
to
keep
out
of
her
way
,
and
then
leap
up
and
spike
it
down
with
a
long
,
smooth
movement
of
her
arm
.
The
team
that
had
Jolene
always
won
.
The
week
after
Beth
hurt
her
finger
,
Jolene
stopped
her
when
gym
ended
and
the
others
were
rushing
back
to
the
showers
.
“
Lemme
show
you
something
,
”
Jolene
said
.
She
held
her
hands
up
with
the
long
fingers
open
and
slightly
flexed
.
“
You
do
it
like
this
.
”
She
bent
her
elbows
and
pushed
her
hands
up
smoothly
,
cupping
an
imaginary
ball
.
“
Try
it
.
”
Beth
tried
it
,
awkwardly
at
first
.
Jolene
showed
her
again
,
laughing
.
Beth
tried
a
few
more
times
and
did
it
better
.
Then
Jolene
got
the
ball
and
had
Beth
catch
it
with
her
fingertips
.
After
a
few
times
it
got
to
be
easy
.
“
You
work
on
that
now
,
hear
?
”
Jolene
said
and
ran
off
to
the
shower
.
