Student Magazine | December 2020

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INLY INQUIRER December 2020 Mazey Pehrson: Editor Contributors:

Charlotte Chisholm Delphine Martin Emelia Dziedzic Emilia Hense Eve Reichert

Katherine Silvers Michael Sheehan

Patrick O’Connor Will Murdock Nora Walsh

Shelley Sommer: Advisor


Table of Contents The Silver Linings of Covid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Middle School Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 New Teachers at Inly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 8 Nifty Dog Tips & Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 8 Nifty Cat Tips & Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Inly Crossword Puzzle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Cupcake Recipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Advice Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 How to Make a Melted Crayon Canvas. . . . . . . . .18 Secrets: A Short Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

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The Silver Linings of Covid ​by Will Murdock

I know that Covid is awful, but there are some silver linings, for example, we wouldn't be able to do the Halloween Discovery Trail and we wouldn’t be able to eat lunch outside as much. We are also doing more things on computers and not wasting paper. When we were in lock-down, we weren’t driving around so there is less pollution in the air. Here are some silver linings from my classmates: we get to know our classmates better because we have smaller groups and it was fun during lock-down to make your own schedule for online school.

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In early November, the middle school students participated in Internship and Project Week. The eighth graders spent this week off campus at a diverse array of internship host sites while the seventh graders participated in Project Week, a week on campus designed to prepare the students for future off campus internships. Among the classes offered that week was a photography course with Mary Alice Koon. Below are some of the pictures taken during their walks around campus.

Caitin Tyrrell ’22

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William Kaplan ’22

William Detwiler ’22

Aster Collins ’22

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Cyrus Aguiar ’22

Jack Durso ’22

Theo Martell ’22

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Interviews With New Teachers at School ​(PART 1)

Elizabeth Horne, Emily Doherty, Jessie Abdow, Francie Latour, Caroline Locke, and Vanessa Aguiar What was your job before you came to Inly? Elizabeth:​ I was a preschool and fourth-grade teacher. Emily​: I taught at Charter School in Boston first. Jessie​:​ ​Graduate school for teaching. Caroline: ​I worked as a lower elementary teacher at Kingsley Montessori. I have been teaching for six years. Francie​: Kind of the same job, but at a college. I was doing DEI work at Berkeley College in Boston. Vanessa: ​Montessori teacher for 9 years.

Do you have any pets? If you do, what animals are they and what are their names? Elizabeth​: Two dogs, Rubia and Jackson, and 15 chickens.

How are you liking Inly so far? Elizabeth​: I love the environment and staff and students.

Emily​: It is hard to start in this tough school year, but it is still fun and awesome to be welcomed. Jessie​: I love all the people and the space, and it’s been really fun. Francie​: There are lots to like. Inly is beautiful in so many ways. Montessori teaching is new to me and I am always energetic when I find something to learn about. And I feel lucky to have such a strong team. Caroline: ​I am really loving it. It is obviously a weird year to come into school, but I am still loving it. Vanessa: ​I love it. Everyone is friendly and supportive. It was hectic at first because we moved from upstate New York.

What is your favorite book? Elizabeth​: Ahab's Wife, an adult novel.

Emily​: Corduroy and Dragons Love Tacos, both picture books.

What is your favorite color? Elizabeth​: Blue Jessie​: Purple Francie​: Mustard yellow, orange is the close second Caroline: ​Blue Vanessa: ​Blue

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Jessie​: Harry Potter series.


Francie​: Mix of books: two favorite Everything Naomi Loved by Katie Yamasaki about what she loves and about the neighborhood changes. It’s a good book about change. Yesterday I Had the Blues' came out in the mid 90s. It’s about a young black boy and having different feelings and he uses different colors to describe the mood in his family. Boy and his family, and everyone is black and he is not in a struggling position. I LOVE that.

What is your favorite movie? Elizabeth​: Field of Dreams

Jessie​: Fever Pitch Francie:​ The Devil Wears Prada which came out in 2000 It's about a woman who goes to New York City and gets a job for the biggest fashion magazine. I loved it at first but then I loved it even more when I got to enjoy it with my daughter.

Caroline: ​Ladybird Vanessa: ​Parenthood.

Caroline: ​It’s a tie between Americanah and Frannie and Zoey. Vanessa: ​That’s a hard question. One of my very favorite books is Ferdinand.

How do you think Covid is changing the school so far? Elizabeth​: The classes are smaller, group work looks different and the schedule is different. Emily​: So many great traditions, and now we are having to rethink those. Jessie​: It's different that people can’t interact with each other out of class. Caroline: ​Covid made things spread out, and makes it hard to share, but it causes us to be creative. INLY INQUIRER | ​7​ | DECEMBER 2020

Francie:​ Changes are easy to see, like the masks, floor distancing stickers, hand sanitizer, and having to remember all this. Like new ways of being which are hard to get used to. I’ve never met a teacher who hasn't adored their students before so teachers have to try harder to be their best and if they don’t take care of themselves they can't be good teachers. Inly has helped the teachers realize that and take a break. Even with all the hard things that I just experienced the changes at Inly are very different from changes that are happening in other places since they don't have the resources like money or land or people that they are able to hire. These things protect from the hard changes that other schools are facing. I hope that Covid can change everyone at Inly to realize this. Some kids should not get less than others. If we realize that then we can realize and start to change it. Well I wasn't there before so I don't know what it was like before now but I would say we have our classroom outside almost every single day from morning until in night and so we learned how to do almost all our learning in the outdoors which is awesome it requires some extra planning and some extra effort but it's been amazing


What is your favorite part of Inly? Elizabeth​: The overall feel of the school Emily​: The community and people, and thoughtful parents Jessie​: Love that students really love school and are happy Francie​: The kids! ABSOLUTELY! Caroline: ​Creativity and that it is student centered. Vanessa: ​Well, my colleagues are really easy to work with, and everyone is really nice​.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself. Elizabeth​: I am an adapted ski volunteer. Emily​: I broke my own nose with my knee when high jumping. Jessie​: I lived in Paris for four months Francie​: In Haiti my nickname was Chou chou, which means little cream puff. Caroline: ​I teach sewing classes. Vanessa:​ Well, I used to be a massage therapist.

How do you think the teaching methods are different or the same from others you used to teach or what you grew up with? Elizabeth​: They are much more thoughtful and more individualized. Emily​: They are different because there were more whole group lessons at my old school, and there are more separate lessons or one on one at Inly. I talked a lot at my old school, but here the kids guide their own learning, and there are a lot less teachers talking throughout the day. Jessie​: Students have a lot more independent work time. Francie​: College is really different from middle and lower schools. Even if they were the same grades, Montessori is way different from what I was around. Kids get to grab hold of their own learning. The people at my last school were like stars, like literally stars. Can't really tell the professors that you want to do something different. It is reactive but not like Montessori. The students always come first here, and that isn't the case in other schools. Methods are different from other schools like taught. It's a little different because we have a lot of co-curricular so some of them teach things that I used to. Art and Science are all things that I used to teach myself so it's learning to coordinate all those different parts of the curriculum instead of just planning myself. Montessori is different and it's similar in many many ways. INLY INQUIRER | ​8​ | DECEMBER 2020

Have you ever worked at a Montessori school before Inly? Elizabeth​: No Emily​: No, but I am liking it and I think that Montessori is the way that all kids should learn. Francie​: Never, totally new Caroline: ​Yes, two. Vanessa: ​How many? Okay, I have taught in five other Montessori Schools.

Could you tell us what you do at Inly? Elizabeth​: I teach UE1 with Pamela. Emily​: I teach in LE2. Jessie​: I teach in UE2. Francie​: My job has to do with three things: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Diversity means making sure Inly is a place that brings together people with different experiences, identities and backgrounds. Inclusion means what kind of a community Inly needs to be so that everyone can be successful and thrive. Really hard to learn if you feel like an outsider. Equity makes sure everyone gets what they need. Caroline: ​Lower Elementary teacher in LE3. Vanessa:​ I teach in LE1 with Suzy.


Interview with Mary Alice Koon by Charlotte Chisholm

❖ What was your job before you came to Inly? I was a teaching apprentice at Shady Hill where I taught fifth and seventh grade English and history ❖ How are you liking Inly so far? I really like the students and how much time we get to spend outside, I also like the sense of community ❖ What is your favorite color? Blue ❖ What is your favorite book? A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki ❖ What is your favorite movie? Little Women ❖ How do you think Covid is changing the school so far? I think that we all have to be more careful day to day. I am also impressed be how normal it feels

❖ What is your favorite part of Inly? I like how many things we get to do in a week and how I get to teach different things ❖ Tell us a fun fact about yourself? I can drive a tractor ❖ How do you think the teaching methods are different or the same from others you used to teach or what you grew up with? It is project based and that is similar. It is experiential learning like when we have project week and that is different ❖ Have you ever worked at a Montessori school before Inly? No, this is the first time ❖ Could you tell us what you do at Inly? I am a middle school teacher and I specifically teach writing and literature.

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8 Nifty Dog Tips and Facts

1. The fastest dog in the world ran at a speed of 36 miles per hour. 2. There are more than 300 breeds of dogs. 3. Train your dog at an early age. (your dog will learn faster)! 4. Dogs range from a height of between 5 and 45 inches. 5. Dogs come in about 9 different colors! 6. Dogs can smell things across two Olympic-length swimming pools. 7. Dogs have to be on a leash unless in a fenced area. So overall … dogs are awesome!

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8 Nifty Cat Tips and Facts!

1. Cats make friendly and loyal companions. With their excitement, agility and cooperation *... you should most certainly want to have a cat. 2. If you choose to adopt a cat, you should adopt a cat that is between the ages of 3 months and 1 year.( that is if you want a more active cat.) 3. Cat breeds: Abyssinian, American shorthair, American wirehair, Bengal, Bombay, British shorthair, Burmese, Chartreux, cornish rex, devon rex, Egyptian Mau, Exotic shorthair, Havana brown and Japanese bobtail. There are many more but it would take a very long time to write them all, so I am stopping here. 4. Facts! 5. Cats drink about 3.5 -4.5 ounces of water per 5 pounds of body weight.per day. 6. Cats should go to the vet once every year for a checkup. 7. Your cat might enjoy a cat sock, bean bag or wicker basket. 8. Cats usually live 15 - 20 years.

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Inly School Crossword Puzzle

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Sports​ ​by Patrick O’Connor ’d like to share my love of sports with you — I am a sports fanatic. I love to play and watch just about any sport. Soccer is my favorite! Soccer is a great sport because the best teams make it to the World Cup. If you win that game you get a trophy and are the champions. If you want to play soccer, these are all the things if you need: a jersey, shin pads, socks, cleats and a soccer ball. Lots of people play soccer because it’s a great team sport. There are eight players on the field for one team in youth soccer, the goalie, three defenders, three forwards, and one striker, a striker is a person that stays up front and scores goals. There are about two coaches per team, and when the team is practicing there are different coaches. They usually have one game a week, and all the other days they have practice. You don't really get hurt in soccer because you are wearing shin pads, and that is the place you would really get hurt. Soccer is a great sport! Baseball is a good sport because it’s exciting to watch and the score of the game can change so quickly. Baseball is a little dangerous because when the pitcher throws the ball the batter can hit the ball and hit the pitcher right in the face. There are 9 people on the field: catcher, pitcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, right outfielder, center fielder and left fielder. There is also a World Series, if you win that baseball game you get a huge trophy, which is like the World Cup in soccer. They play 162 games a year mostly every night during the season On game days, in the morning they have batting practice, and the pitcher has pitching practice. In baseball, there are a lot of different teams, but my favorite baseball ball team is the Boston Red Sox. This year in 2020 the World Series teams are the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. These are all the

things if you want to play baseball: a bat, glove, ball, hat, jersey, and maybe batting gloves and cleats. Baseball is an awesome sport! Football is a great sport because when you win the Super Bowl you get an awesome trophy and a Super Bowl ring. In football you have numbers on the back of your jersey, everyone has their own numbers. It is really dangerous because you are tackling each other. A lot of football players have gotten hurt, even some players have passed out. But luckily when the players get tackled they have pads on, the only parts that they don’t have pads on there are their arms and legs. On their head, they wear really safe helmets. They practice for a really long time and they have a game every Sunday, but if they have a week they don’t play because they have a bye week. Each day except for Sunday they practice for about 3 hours a day. There are a lot of players for a team. There are different divisions in the regular season, the playoffs and the super bowl. There are about 32 football teams. Hockey there are about 31 hockey teams. 24 NHL teams are in the united states and 7 of them are in Canada. The NHL divides the two conferences: the Eastern Conference and the western conference

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Advice Column Dear Ann Anonymous,

Dear Ann Anonymous,

I have too much homework! What do I do?

What is a good graphic novel?

From, Homework hater

From, Comic Kid

Dear Homework Hater,

Dear Comic Kid,

If you space out your nightly work over a couple days

I am an avid reader too, and I love graphic novels! I think

throughout the week, maybe it can help you feel less

this book review might answer your question.

overwhelmed. That’s what I

do and it is rarely stressful for me.

I HAVE READ ALL THE GRAPHIC NOVELS HERE!

Dear Ann Anonymous,

A Guide to Finding the

Why do we have teachers? From, Curious Kid

Perfect Book By Mazey Pehrson

Dear Curious kid,

I love reading, and I find

This is an amazing question, but a very hard topic.

sometimes it feels like I have read EVERY SINGLE

Teachers are there to help you learn about life and the

GRAPHIC NOVEL in the library!!!!!

basic subjects. Along with that teachers are there to

Here are a few types of books (genres). If you like a

support you when you are learning and when you have

book in that category, you might like the others. Or

trouble. You also make a

maybe try something new!

bond with the teachers that could last forever.

Who knows, it might be your new favorite!

From, Ann Anonymous

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Animal Books CatStronauts Mr. Wolf’s Class Babymouse New Shoes Missile Mouse Klawde Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Zeus the Mighty Bad Kitty Phoebe and Her Unicorn Top Secret Summer Breaking Cat NewsThis is one of my favorite books. It cracks me up! Hamster Princess Owl Diaries Owly Chi’s Sweet Home Fluffy Strikes Back Sparks Kitten Construction Company


Humor Noodleheads Super Potato Odd Gods Mr. Ball Lucy and Andy Neanderthal- a favorite book of mine. Comics Squad Squish Dragonbreath The Bad Guys Mr. Pants Remy Sneakers Kit Feeney Kung Pow Chicken

Fun Kid Books The Cardboard Kingdom Red’s Planet Marty Pants Big Nate Wimpy Kid & Awesome Friendly Kid Timmy Failure Jake the Fake Snug Harbor Stories Bluffton Hilo

Girl Power Glitch Sunny Side Up The Baby Sitters Club Making Friends Aster and the Accidental Magic Bink and Gollie Chasma Knights Hereville Rapunzel’s Revenge Amulet Cici Star Scouts

Dear Ann Anonymous, More Dog Man books

Happy reading! From Ann Anonymous

please!! From, Dog Man fan Dear Dog Man fan, The library has all nine Dog Man books. I would make sure you are up to date on all of them. If you are certain that you have read them all then you are in luck because the tenth one is coming out in

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March!

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HOW TO MAKE MELTED CRAYONS ON A CANVAS BY: EMILIA HENSE

FIRST: get a canvas and crayons and glue FOURTH: SECOND: peel your crayons

get a blow dryer and blow dry the crayons FIFTH: can probably see that the crayons are melted

THIRD: glue on the crayons to the canvas

SIXTH: you are done!

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Secrets​ ​by Mazey Peterson A SHORT STORY

t was a good day for Miley Lance. She had recently

glided smoothly, like a dolphin. Mari grinned. The

moved from Britain with her two moms, and she was scheduled to meet with her two best friends,

cool spring air whistled around her and seemed to play with her hair and her clothes, swirling and

Molly March and Mariana Salem. She had met them recently after moving--they were neighbors,

twisting them around. As Mari glided around corners with hyacinths and tulips, felt the warm breeze on

and she had kickstarted their interest in spying. They called themselves the Secret Spy Squad, spying on

her skin, and heard the birds chirping, she remembered something. Her cockatoo, ( a type of

neighbors and classmates, finding out their secrets, and secretly helping them. There had been rumors all

parrot), Jayfeather, named after a character in the Warriors series, usually liked to come along with the

around school about a spy squad, and Miley was glad that they would never, ever find out. She hated to be

girls on their spying trips. Jayfeather was smart, and Mari had taught her to come when called, so Mari

in the spotlight.

hesitantly whispered, “Jayfeather.”

“Got your lunch,” Miley’s mom, Everly called. “Your bike’s in the garage, and Sapphire is already in

She increased in volume until finally a bedraggled-looking cockatoo landed on her shoulder,

the basket,” her mum, Sara, added. Sapphire was their female tortoiseshell cat. Miley thanked her moms, and headed off into the garage, where

with a bit of mesh netting tangled in her beak. As Mariana coaxed the netting gently out of Jayfeather’s beak, Jayfeather squawked, “Got caught

Sapphire, or Fire, as she was also called, was waiting in the bike basket, purring. Miley hopped onto her

in screen.”

bike with her messenger bag haphazardly slung over her shoulders in the rush, and admired Fire, whiskers

Mariana had only partly taught her to speak, and her sentences were kind of jumbled, but Mari understood

blowing in the breeze. ‘My spirit animal must be a cat,’ Miley thought, pulling her hood down and letting

this time. She grimaced and wondered what her parents would say about the mangled window

her long light brown hair blow in the breeze, like Sapphire. She enjoyed the feeling of long hair in the

screen. Jayfeather had apparently ripped the screen on her bedroom window to get to Mari.

breeze, and knew she would never cut it. Then Miley’s mind drifted off to her friends, ‘I wonder if

“You’re so sweet,” Mari cooed to the cockatoo, hiding

Mrs. Baylor, the neighbor we are spying on today, has any secrets to share,’ she asked herself.

her frown. “Fighting the big, bad window to get to me?”

Meanwhile, Mariana Salem was thinking the exact

Jayfeather puffed out her chest with pride. “Let’s race to Mrs. Baylor’s,” Mariana challenged, and

same thing as she glided on her scooter to Mrs. Baylor’s house. Mariana preferred scooters to bike

set off at a breakneck speed. “No fair,” Jayfeather squawked, and took off into the

and skateboards, because it was less dangerous, and

sky with wings spread.

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“No fair, yourself--you can fly,” Mari remarked, as

Jayfeather had interrupted a huge secret, and her

Jayfeather caught up, and the two squabbled and squawked, giggled and guffawed, and raced to Mrs.

mind trailed off into unplottable places until Jayfeather squawked right in her face, and Molly

Baylor’s. In yet another house on Mari and Miley’s street,

nearly flew off her skateboard. “Sorry about that,” Mariana called across the freshly

Meriwether Avenue, one girl was sleeping in. Her tangled poofy hair was spread out on her baby blue

mowed lawn. “Little Jay here flew into a window screen to come to

polka-dot pillow, and her navy blue comforter was kicked off in the warm spring night. Her

me, and now she is kind of hyper.” “Shhh. We’d better whisper,” whispered Miley.

peacock-shaped alarm clock had already gone off, but two other alarms were already working their magic.

“Mrs. Baylor’s having a brunch with her friend, and the window is open for fresh air.”

Her parents. “Molly! Molly!”

“Thanks for the recap,” Molly whispered, and set her full attention to the open window.

“Molly Rosalind March! Get down here!” And then, the third alarm was set off by squirrels

Mrs. Baylor was plump and short, and her wispy white hair was tied up in a small cinnamon

outside Molly’s window. Her chocolate brown retriever, Peacock, with the same color fur as Molly’s

bun-shaped hairdo. She was wearing her best for the brunch, and so were her guests. Mrs. Baylor had pearl

hair, bounded upstairs and right onto Molly’s stomach, next to the window with the squirrels. You

earrings, a pearl necklace, and a maroon sweater that looked so soft and fuzzy that Mariana wanted to

can tell Molly was a very deep sleeper, because there was already a rooster, some hens, and a cow were at

reach out and touch it. Mr. Baylor and the husband of Mrs. Baylor’s friend went into the living room to play

work on her parents’ farm, Sunshine Meadows. The jumping on her stomach sure did the trick, though,

cards, and Mrs. Baylor served her friend iced tea. “Mary,” Mrs. Baylor said in an audible whisper.

because Molly squealed and leapt off the bed, while Peacock was distracted by the squirrels, which were

“Yes, Edith,” the friend, Mary, dabbed at her lips with a napkin.

attempting to run away from her. Molly threw off her pajamas, and pulled on a navy and white striped

She had a spot of lipstick on her tooth, which Miley

sundress. She jammed on her glasses, and without even bothering to brush her hair, she grabbed a

could see closely as Mary leaned toward Mrs. Baylor. Molly whipped out her notebook. She was the

container of freshly made crepes--made by her dad who sold baked goods made with their hens’ eggs and

secretary of the club, Miley the president, and Mariana the secret keeper, which meant that she took

their cows’ milk on weekends. Molly slapped a sticky note on the kitchen table to explain where she and

home Molly’s notebook, and figured out how to help people with secrets.

the crepes were, and then grabbed her skateboard and set off with Peacock at her heels. Molly took in

Edith Baylor looked around once, and twice, finally

the beautiful signs of spring. It was almost May, and Mari, Molly and Miley all had birthdays in May. The

she paused and whispered so softly only Molly could hear because she was closest to the window,

birds chirped and fluttered, and Molly was reminded of Mariana’s bird, Jayfeather, and hoped she would

“I am 91, Mary.” The girls all rolled their eyes.

stay quiet this time. Molly remembered a time when

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“Oh, Edith,” exclaimed Mary. “You look so young!

“You stay with Miley, I’ll find a phone.”

Must be that Wanda’s Wrinkles Away Wonder that I sent you for your birthday!”

Mari dashed to a park bench where a woman sat, who looked remarkably familiar.

As the men came back into the parlor, the girls got ready to go home, and Mariana whispered, “I’ll get

“Oh, please,” Mariana begged. “My friend is sick and I need to call her mom. She is

her some Wanda’s Wrinkles Away Wonder Supreme, because my aunt, Wanda, owns the company.”

getting worse by the second.” “Oh, sweetheart,” the old woman said.

The girls collapsed in a fit of giggles. They continued giggling and chatting as they rode home to discuss

“That’s terrible. I have grandkids and I know how you feel. Quick, take this.”

what they had seen. “Oh,” said Molly. “What if we stop in the park? They

The old woman opened her contact page, and on it

have great bike and scooter trails, and a skateboard ramp.”

was Mrs. Baylor! ‘She must be Mary,’ thought Mariana, as she dialed Miley’s mom, Sara Lance.

Miley and Mari agreed and they rode on a little further. They reached the park and Miley went to lock

“Who’s this?” Sara responded. “Mary Scott?” She read the name of the caller.

her bike, but keeled over, groaning.

“Oh, no, it’s me, Mariana Salem, Sara. I am calling from, er, Ms. Scott’s phone. Miley is sick and-and- she

The girls rushed to her side. “What’s wrong?” Molly asked anxiously.

is wheezing and,” Mariana tried to choke out the last words, but they were lodged in her throat, weighed

“I feel tired, and my stomach hurts, and there is a lump on the back of my neck,” Miley whispered.

down by the tears she wouldn’t let flow, but Sarah seemed to understand. Five minutes later, a sleek,

“It has been like this for the whole time, and I didn’t want to interrupt the fun we have been having, but

blue Honda pulled up and Miley was carried inside. Molly and Mari exchanged worried glances.

now it is worse.” And without warning, she started to wheeze, clutching at her chest. Molly and Mariana put out

To be continued…

their hands to steady her, but Sapphire got there first. She cuddled around Miley's neck looking frightened, and looked off in the direction of the hospital, miles away. Mariana acted fast.

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