After our final challenge, an obstacle course in the backyard in the dark, we have an awards ceremony. Violet made awards for everyone!
I get third place.
Luke gets second place.
And George gets first place! The gold medal.
That night, George and I stay up late and eat cookies and nobody ever finds out.
The next day, Violet makes me a friendship bracelet.
“I have a lot of friends,” she says.
“Really?” I ask.
“Some real and some imaginary,” she says. She winks at me and smiles.
THE END.
Abby Hanlon (www.abbyhanlon.com) is a former teacher. Inspired by her students’ storytelling, she began to write her own stories for children and taught herself to draw. She is the author of Ralph Tells a Story and the Dory Fantasmagory series. The first, Dory Fantasmagory, was an ALA Notable Book, a Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Parents Magazine Best Book, and a Golden Kite Honor Book. The second, The Real True Friend, won a Cybil Award, and the third, Dory Dory Black Sheep, was an ALA Notable Book. Abby lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and their two children.
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