Wonder

his business, though it felt like he was taking forever.
The woods were loud with strange sounds and chirps and croaks,
like a wall of noise coming out of the trees. Then we started hearing
loud snaps not far from us, almost like cap gun pops, that definitely
weren’t insect noises. And far away, like in another world, we could
hear Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
“Ah, that’s much better,” said Jack, zipping up.
“Now I have to pee,” I said, which I did on the nearest tree. No way
I was going farther in like Jack did.
“Do you smell that? Like firecrackers,” he said, coming over to me.
“Oh yeah, that’s what that is,” I answered, zipping up. “Weird.”
“Let’s go.”