Chiara Marino, Excerpt #5: Dewey Belong Together?
“What
are you working on?” he asked, peering at her notecards from across the table.
“’What’s Beethoven’s favorite fruit?’”
She
looked up and smiled. “Ba-na-na-na!” she sang softly to the tune of Beethoven’s
fifth symphony.
He
stared at her, just blinking.
She
suddenly felt stupid. “It’s like the post-its,” she explained sheepishly. “I
put jokes in random books for people to find while they’re studying. I like to
think it might help relieve their stress. Cheesy, right?”
His
eyes squinted as he studied her. Then he grabbed a card from her pile, jotted something
down quickly, and handed it back.
She
read to herself, “Why did the karate
master sneeze? He had the Kung Flu.” She covered her mouth to hold back her
giggles.
He
smiled at last and moved to the seat next to her. They wrote jokes side by side
and the pressure of trying to be quiet made their laughter even stronger.
Peter
peered over her shoulder to read her notecard. “’What did one book say to the
other? Dewey belong together?’” He
groaned.
She
shushed him, then took the notecard that had been in front of him. “’What is
Bruce Lee’s favorite drink?’” she read. The punch line had not been written, so
she looked at him for the answer.
He
put two hands out and said, “’WAAA-TAAAR!’”
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Excerpt #6: The Blue Boy
Excerpt #1: Living With Demons
Excerpt #2: Real Life Superheroes
Excerpt #3: Stay Safe
Excerpt #4: Un-BOO-Lievable
Excerpt #6: The Blue Boy
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