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5 The Fog Test by Pamela Love 11 Two -Hu nd r e d-E le ph a nt C lou d by Katherine B.Hauth 12 Rahim’s Pangolin by Kimberly Long ...

Dear Cricket, I ask for Cricket magazine every year for one of my birthday presents. I have been getting them for two years and ...

Hello, World! This is a person calling upon all of you amazing bookcaterpillars out there to say, “Keep up the great work!” It i ...

LOOK AT THAT SKY! WE’RE IN FOR A STORM. A BIG ONE! HOWLING WINDS, BITING SLEET... IT SOUNDS SO FIERCE. IHE SOMETH ABOU BLINDI SN ...

The weather exam- iner sighed. “Kris, the Colonization Service doesn’t like the word fail. Only twenty per- cent of those taking ...

“Yes, your future’s secure, Kris. Aren’t you grateful?” “NotifIcan’tstaywithmyfamily. Besides.. .” I shrugged. “Security’s not e ...

“You must hold them all. Hurry! Every second counts.” The wind yanked objects away just as I got close. That imaginary cat’s pla ...

The examiner’s voice asked, “Did you know rain often comes with wind?” My umbrella blew inside out. Ruined equipment—would I hav ...

now is no disgrace. Most applicants do at this point anyway.” Humiliated, I sat there feeling like a failure, whether he used th ...

But when the examiner opened the door and called me out, my head was high, even though my back hurt to match my arms. And even t ...

I’meversoglad that raindrops fall one by one by one because the cloud that rain falls from canweighfivehundredtons. Five hundred ...

Outsidethefirstfewstarsarebeginning toappear.Daduclimbsonhisbicycleand chucklesasmyfriendAslamandIjogalong besidehim.“Comeon,boy ...

Dadu switches on his torch. The flash of light sweeps the green canopy, illuminating enormous spider webs stretched between tree ...

my shoulder. Night birds cry above the roar of insects. Aslam sighs in his sleep. Lucky Aslam. I bet he is dreaming of starring ...

Tonight I will be aman. I stand there, cradling the scaly ball. I can feel the pangolin’s heart beating. Then I do what I must d ...

“I beg you will be gentle with this box,” Aslam says. “It contains precious treasures.” Beside me, Dadu groans. The officers fro ...

“Why were you running?” the other police officer finally asks. “Have you been in this place at night?” Aslam waves a hand at the ...