Lonely Oak Chapter 104 - Swimmer's Ear
The red wolf whistled. "Wiggin's class, let's go," Mr. Wiggin called, walking backwards across the cross-walk. On the other side, he tallied all of his charges. "C'mon, Max, that means you!" Ms. Hupp's class waited, as the beaver-kid lagging behind...
Lonely Oak Chapter 31
_Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-BRRRR._ _Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-BRRRR._ _Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-BRRRR!_ "Hey," Emeral said softly, tapping Ket on the shoulder. He turned to her, left eye half-lidded, right eye almost completely closed. "It'd open...
Lonely Oak Chapter 64
Ket spotted Momma B. standing by the changing rooms with her arms crossed. Next to her was a pole on which hung a couple blouses, a few other tops, and a few pairs of pants on the other side. "Have you tried these on yet?" Momma R. asked, thumbing...
Lonely Oak Chapter 119 - Can't Wait To Be King
With their eyes constantly on the ticking second-hand of the clock, the next few days crawled for all of the little Oakers. It felt frivolous to crack open their books and continue learning. Homework stopped being issued last week. At this point, it...
Lonely Oak Chapter 87
There is a place at Lonely Oak Elementary, in the school's courtyard, different from any other place in the world. There is an iron fence that has no gate; just an open way. The fence surrounds a modest square of land, nestled in the corner outside of...
Lonely Oak Chapter 93 - The Artist
"All right," coach Robert's said, "Your numbers dropped a bit, which is good. Make sure you're keeping active." "Uh-huh," Panda muttered. He knew what the coach meant. It was "Physical" day, or something like that. As if the Tests weren't boring...
Lonely Oak Chapter 81
"No... _Fucking..._ Way..." Panda gestured to the stage as the wolf left. "Goren, everybody!" He said to the crowd beside him, who had so reverently praised and flaunted him just a moment ago. "Lyza, your word is: Arrogance." "Arrogance," Lyza said...
Lonely Oak Chapter 95 - Broken Wisdom
Nachos. One of the few lunch items that many kids could actually stand. After all, it was simple and easy. The nacho chips tasted okay, even if they were a little stale sometimes. The cheese was probably not healthy. But it was so runny and gooey, and...
Lonely Oak Chapter 43
It was nearing sunset; the great fire in the sky an orange more ripe and round than any on the surface of the world. All around it the sky was turned to gold and the clouds turned to coal. Its gilded light swathed the earth, making the shadows long...
Lonely Oak Chapter 46
The long-eared siblings walked up a shallow hill. The time was mid-morning, about ten o'clock. They had just come from eating breakfast. Camp Connalake had two eating shifts of each type, to accommodate the early-risers and the late-risers, but it was...
Lonely Oak Chapter 26
Lyza shivered in the cold. She sniffed, a bit of drainage leaking out her nose. Why was it that when it was warm out, they stayed in the stupid gym, and then when it was cold they did all the outdoor stuff? It didn't make sense at all. And worse, she...
Lonely Oak Chapter 80
The bitter blackness, heavy and viscous, rippled. It was a very quick, light ripple. Like the surface of a plate of gelatin, it wiggled and then settled. But it was just enough. The inky black feeling slipped away as the gently disturbed surface of his...