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The Signature Magazine aims to highlight all forms of art in the upper school community, featuring excellence in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, film, architecture, ceramics, music, performance, and writing. We believe that the visual, performing, and literary arts are very important as they allow us to share our perspectives, build connections, and express ourselves. We want to thank Ms. Walter for her help and guidance in making The Signature possible, the artists and writers for all their amazing works, and, lastly, you, the reader, for reading this year's edition of The Signature!
- The Lovett Signature Staff
Thank you to Avery Price for her amazing front cover!
And a special thanks to all the Fine Arts and English faculty for their continued support and guidance with submissions!

Uma Deshpande
Asha Harris
Hawkins
Devin Austin

I’v ¦hawmf«p f~ ¦abpe.
bÂ: Nich~pa H~ppawd
N~¦ f~ Àha¦’ ~w ¦hev, b«¦ f~ Àha¦ ¦he veaw. Tabpe ae ~vie. F~« peg aÂiwg ¦hi Àipp h~pd. A Îa¦ «face aÂiwg «¦ Â~« Àeigh¦ hee. Si¦. S¦a aÀhipe.
Bacm h~ve, bef~e ¦he ¦«cm awd ¦he b~Áe igwapiwg bad weÀ, ~« ¦abpe Àa ~am. MÂ
v~¦he aid e¿e ca¦ch iw i¦ Àa a vev~Â. M fa¦he aid e¿e veap Àa a bpeiwg. Tha¦ wigh¦ D. Kiwg’ wave fepp hea¿ip ~w ~« h~«e, ¦he ¦abpe ca«gh¦ v v~¦he’ ¦ea bef~e
¦he hi¦ ¦he Î~~, awd i¦ hepd v fa¦he’ ͦ Àhew fea Àeighed ¦hev d~Àw. I¦ hepd « ¦~ge¦he Àhew e¿e¦hiwg epe Àa c~viwg aa¦.
Whew Àe v~¿ed, ¦he ¦abpe Àa ¦he pa¦ ¦hiwg ¦~ g~ iw¦~ ¦he ¦«cm.
We v~¿ed beca«e v dad aid ~ve ¦~Àw b«w h~¦¦e ¦haw ~¦he. I d~w’¦ ¦hiwm he veaw¦ ¦he Àea¦he. He veaw¦ ¦he miwd ~f hea¦ ¦ha¦ f~pp~À Â~« iw¦~ ¦~e. The miwd ¦ha¦ ¦«w a ideÀapm iw¦~ a b~de. The miwd ¦ha¦ vade v v~v acm ~« dihe iw weÀae.
I didw’¦ «wde¦awd e¿e¦hiwg ab~«¦ ¦ha¦ Àeem.
S~ Àhew Àe ai¿ed hee, iw a ¦~Àw Àhee ¦he baebapp Íepd ae apÀa wea¦p ¦ivved awd e¿ew ¦he cp~«d eev ~pi¦e, I decided I À~«pd be ~pi¦e ¦~~. I À~«pd vipe ͦ. I À~«pd eam cpeapÂ.
Beiwg ¦he weÀ mid veaw peawiwg a pace bef~e i¦ peaw Â~«. The ceam ~f a ~ch ¦e. The Àhi¦pe ~f Àiwd ¦h~«gh a mi¦e-ea¦iwg ¦ee. The Àa e~pe a«e, j«¦ a v~vew¦ ¦~~ p~wg bef~e ¦he a hepp~.
M Dad apÀa aid ~ve ¦~Àw ha¿e ~~v f~ Â~« awd ~ve d~w’¦. Y~« caw ¦epp b Àh~ ge¦ iw¿i¦ed ¦~ i¦.
S~ Àhew Chape amed if I Àaw¦ed ¦~ c~ve ~¿e f~ Thawmgi¿iwg, I ¦h~«gh¦ ab~«¦ ¦abpe bef~e I ¦h~«gh¦ ab~«¦ ¦«meÂ. I À~wdeed Àha¦ miwd he had. L~wg ~ h~¦. C~Àded ~ iw¦iva¦e. I À~wdeed if ¦hee À~«pd be a ace apead Àai¦iwg, ~ if ~ve~we À~«pd ha¿e ¦~ c~~¦ ~¿e.
N~À i¦’ Thawmgi¿iwg, awd ¦he ¦abpe i vappe ¦haw I ivagiwed. A iwg ~wg ¦abpe Ài¦h cp~¦h ~ big i¦ had ¦~ be ¦ied ~«wd ¦he peg. T~a¦ iw¦ead ~f ¦«meÂ. Pe¦Éep iw¦ead ~f ie.
P~c~w iw b~Àp.
TheÂ’e apead ea¦ed Àhew I Àapm «. Liw«, L«cÂ, Pa¦icia, Macie, awd Sapp ae app ea¦ed ide b ide.
Awd ~we ev¦Â chai.
F~ ve.
Beca«e ~ve¦ive hi¦~ i w~¦ j«¦ Àha¦’ ¦epe¿ied.
S~ve¦ive i¦’ vea«ed iw iwche ~f epb~À ~~v, a pa¦e e¦, Awd Àhe¦he a chai i «pped ~«¦, ~ pef¦ f~pded agaiw¦ ¦he Àapp.
S~ve¦ive beiwg weÀ ¦~ ¦~Àw veaw decidiwg ¦ha¦ e¿ew if ¦he ¦abpe Àaw’¦ b«ip¦ Ài¦h Â~« iw viwd,
Â~« Àipp i¦ awÂÀaÂ.

Pe~pe ha¿e apÀa pimed v hawd.
bÂ: Avepia W~wde
“TheÂ’e efec¦,” v a«w¦ a af¦e ch«ch, pif¦iwg ¦hev iw¦~ ¦he ¦aiwed-gpa pigh¦ ¦~ advie ¦hev. J«¦ pa¦ Chi¦va, he ga¿e ve a ¦hiw g~pd bacepe¦. I¦’ ~ pigh¦ I f~ge¦ i¦’ ¦hee «w¦ip i¦ pide d~Àw awd ¦a v Ài¦ b~we.
“Y~«’e ~we ~f G~d’ fa¿~i¦e,” he aÂ.
I j«¦ vipe ÀeidpÂ, beca«e he we¿e a ¦ha¦ ¦~ v ibpiwg.
He hawd ae «i¦e diffeew¦, ¦h~«gh. Thicm mw«cmpe, ~we diÍg«ed iwm Íwge i¦¦iwg
¦hee pime i¦ evevbe ~ve¦hiwg.
“I¦’ a p~wg ¦~Â,” he ¦epp ve. “W~me’ ¦ime iw ’84. We ¦~~d ~«¦ide iw ¦he c~pd f~ Àeem, p~cmed hawd iw hawd. Miwe g~¦ f~¦bi¦e.”
M bacepe¦ ¦a he c~pd hawd Àhew he a i¦. I d~w’¦ mw~À Àh ¦ha¦ a¦ ¦icm Ài¦h ve.
Miwe d~w’¦ p~~m pime ¦heÂ’¿e e¿e beew ¦h~«gh aw¦hiwg difÍc«p¦.
A¦ v ch~~p, hawd ae we¿e ¦ipp. The mid behiwd ve ¦a hi ewcip ¦h~«gh~«¦ ¦he ew¦ie ei~d «w¦ip ¦he ¦eache wa. Iw hi¦~Â, ¦hi gip mee he av aied f~e¿e, he h~«pde hamiwg, apÀa ead ¦~ awÀe, e¿ew if i¦ iw’¦ ¦he igh¦ ~we. Owe b~ apÀa ha iwm veaed ac~ hi hawd pime he’ a h«vaw «bbe ¦av. Thei hawd hame.
Miwe j«¦ i¦ ¦hee. C~w¦ew¦.
Beca«e ¦he d~w’¦ hame, ¦hiwg ae eaie. Teache ¦«¦ ve Ài¦h ¦e¦ ¦«be iw ¦he chevi¦Â pab. Ad«p¦ vipe a¦ ve iw ¦he happÀaÂ. N~b~d p~~m a¦ v hawd awd ¦hiwm, “Thi ~we i ¦~«bpe.”
La¦ Th«daÂ, a g«Â’ biwde eÁp~ded iw ¦he happ. Pae pid e¿eÂÀhee, ¦icmiwg ¦~ ~pd P~¦-i¦ w~¦e. I¦ p~~med pime S¦ape af¦e a ¦~wad~.
He d~ed ¦~ hi mwee, ¦Âiwg ¦~ gab ¦hev, hi hawd hamiwg ~ bad he me¦ d~iwg e¿e¦hiwg agaiw. Evbaaed, b«¦ Àeidp ~«d, pime app hi À~m Àa Íwapp ¿iibpe.
“Caw ~ve~we hep ve?” he aid. Reapp «ie¦.
F~ a ec~wd, I j«¦ ¦~~d ¦hee. M hawd h«wg a¦ v ide—¦eadÂ, capv, ¦he miwd ~f hawd ¦eache pime. The bacepe¦ fep¦ c~pd agaiw¦ v miw.
I c~«pd’¿e bew¦ d~Àw.
Iw¦ead, I ¦eed a~«wd ¦he ae.
A ¦eache c~«ched weÁ¦ ¦~ hiv Ài¦h~«¦ e¿ew ¦hiwmiwg.
Tha¦ Àeemewd, ~«¦ide a ga ¦a¦i~w Ài¦h Chi¦va pigh¦ apead «, a vaw a¦ agaiw¦ ¦he bicm Àapp Ài¦h hi hawd ~«¦. Hi apv Àa Àea¦heed, piwe dee awd cacmed. Pe~pe Àapmed a~«wd hiv pime he Àa iw¿iibpe.
Hi hawd ¦aÂed ~ew.
Miwe ¦aÂed cp~ed.
M a«w¦ ~wce ¦~pd ve ¦he ¦~~d hawd iw hawd ~ w~b~d had ¦~ ¦awd ap~we. She aid ~ve¦ive Â~« hawd h«¦, ~ve¦ive ¦he e¿ew feeÉe, b«¦ a¦ pea¦ Â~« mweÀ Àh~e Íwge Àee h~pdiwg Â~«.
F~ ¦he ͦ ¦ive, I Àihed v hawd À~«pd hame.
Beca«e vaÂbe ¦hew ¦heÂ’d Íwapp each f~ ~ve¦hiwg v~e.













Ali Wainwright





Baipe Cpam
Ka¦epÂw C~~w
Te~ Devewm~À
J«dd Ebe¦
S«aw G~~ge
Awpe Happ
Awpe O'Biew
Y¿epiÉ O¦iÉ Dewwi
Opi¿ia Jaje
Z~e R~biw~w
McKewÉie R~ge '33
S«aw R~e
Ca~w Tiwmpe
Ka¦e TaÂp~ '38
Fiww Wippiav
Avepia W~wde
Ma W~wde
Da¿id Yape












We Àee ¦hee Àhew he peawed ¦~ c~«w¦ ~w he Íwge awd ¦~ ¦ie he h~e. TÂiwg ~« h~e Àa ¦he hade¦ ¦hiwg Àe had acc~vpihed, «w¦ip w~À. I ¦ipp evevbe h~À i¦ haewed. O¦he, «wfavipia Íwge ¦«wed « iw app diffeew¦ diec¦i~w.
“Wha¦ i haewiwg?” Àe aid, avb«hed.
“Y~« g«Â ae peawiwg h~À ¦~ ¦ie Â~« h«vaw h~e. I¦' had a¦ ͦ, b«¦ i¦ ge¦ eaie,” ¦he aid bef~e ¦he «hed aÀaÂ.
M fa¿~i¦e Àa Àhew he ͦ À~¦e he wave. Tha¦' Àhew Àe Íwapp «wde¦~~d Àh~ Àe bep~wged ¦~. Kaa R~biw~w.
A Àeem bef~e, Àe j«¦ fep¦ ¦he cawdpe ~f he 17¦h bi¦hdaÂ. She i ¦ipp ~ Â~«wg, b«¦ i¦ d~ew'¦ feep ¦hi Àa awÂv~e, Àe ¦h~«gh¦ a Àe Àaf¦ed aÀa ¦he v~me f~v ¦he cawdpe. She' a Àai¦e, a g~~d ~we ¦~~. We feep ¦he v~we «¦piwg a~«wd app wigh¦. She pide aw~¦he ~we bacm iw he a~w ~cme¦, ci ¦~ ¦he ¦~«ch. He b~ pe¦ he ~ff eap ¦~wigh¦. We igwed Kaa R~biw~w, J«we 24, 2002, a¦ 10 P.M. We Íwapp pi ~w¦~ ¦he bime hawdpe, awd Àe ¦a¦ ¦he j~«we bacm h~ve. She g~e ¦he ave a¦h e¿e ¦ive, Àe feep e¿e ¦«w, e¿e ¦~, e¿e v~¦i~w, i¦' iw ~« vev~Â. EÁce¦ f~ ~ve ea~w, he' g~iwg fa¦e ¦hi ¦ive. We vame ¦he Íwap pef¦ ¦«w f~ ¦he h~«e. She p~À d~Àw w~À. We pi iw¦~ he ~cme¦. We diap “M-O-M”, awd Àe caw feep ¦he ¿iba¦i~w iwgiwg. S«ddewpÂ, Àe pied ~ff ¦he bime. She «e « ¦~ hi¦, pa, awd «wch, b«¦ Àh~ ae Àe d~iwg ¦hee ac¦i~w ¦~? Bef~e Àe mw~À i¦, a ha awd «wfavipia feepiwg ~me «. She ¦ie ¦~ Àiggpe « fee f~v i¦, b«¦ i¦ d~ew'¦ À~m. He hea¦bea¦ «pe ¦h~«gh « pime a d«v. He h~we ¿iba¦e; i¦' ee¦i¦i¿e. She «ed « ¦~ gab i¦ ~«¦ ~f he ~cme¦, b«¦ Àe d~ed i¦. “Th«d!” S«ddewpÂ, ¦he ca c~ve ¦~ a ¦~. O¦he, «wfavipia Íwge h~pd « ¦igh¦pÂ. The a havef«pp ¦~ «, “ We ae ~Â.”
“F~ Àha¦? Wha¦' haewiwg?” Àe wa.
B«¦ ¦he a w~¦hiwg bacm. Wha¦' haewiwg ¦~ Kaa igh¦ w~À?
E¿ew¦«appÂ, ¦he ~¦he, «wfavipia hawd fee «. Repief. We feep a~«wd. E¿e¦hiwg i «wmw~Àw. We Àied ¦he ¦ea ~ff he face. We ha¿e c«bbed he b~d f~ ¦he 5¦h ¦ive. We gpide ~¿e aw~¦he ¦icm vam. Ae ¦hee daÂ, h~«, v~w¦h? She weed «; i¦' iv~¦aw¦. Beca«e he caw'¦ ee hi face, he «e « ¦~ feep i¦. He ha a bead. B«h eÂeb~À. Svapp pi. C«p hai. Hi miw feep ~«gh. Thi i hiv. Thi i ¦he g«Â Àh~e hawd ¦~~m Kaa. We mw~À ~« ¦~«ch
Àipp be «ef«p ~we daÂ; Àhew Àe ecae, i¦ ha ¦~ be «ef«p.
She' g~Àw ~pde. He hawd d~w'¦ cpa a v«ch a ¦he «ed ¦~, awd he d~ew'¦ c~p~ awÂv~e.
We Àie Kaa' ¦ea ~wce agaiw.
“Wha¦ i he d~iwg? We weed ¦~ ecae!” Lef¦ ¦h«vb aÂ.
“I d~w'¦ ¦hiwm he Àaw¦ ¦~ awÂv~e,” I aÂ.













UPPER SCHOOL FALL PLAY
THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION IS A PLAY BY AARON SORKIN THAT DRAMATIZES THE 1929 LEGAL AND INDUSTRIAL BATTLE BETWEEN PHILO T. FARNSWORTH, THE YOUNG GENIUS WHO INVENTED ELECTRONIC TELEVISION, AND DAVID SARNOFF, THE HEAD OF RCA WHO SOUGHT TO CONTROL IT.







bÂ: Iabeppa Yiwg
Thee i w~¦ a iwgpe g~~d b~we iw app ~f ¦he b~d ~f L~«ie HaÀm. He Îeh ¦e¦che ¦~~ ¦igh¦ ¦~ c~¿e he pivb, ¦Ài¦iwg iw app ¦he «gp pace ¦~ vame ~ve v~cme ~f ¦he h«vaw ace. B«¦ v~¦ ~f app, he Àa w~¦ veaw¦ ¦~ be. A ece¦ ¦ha¦ ~veh~À «¿i¿ed.
I Àapmed he h~ve ~we daÂ. Tha¦ i, he ¦~~m v Ài¦ Ài¦h~«¦ Àawiwg awd iwi¦ed I acc~vaw he ~«¦ ¦he bacm ga¦e ~f ch~~p awd iw¦~ ¦he f~e¦. “I’v j«¦ ~w ¦he ~¦he ide ~f ¦he i¿e,” he’d aid, awd I had w~ ¦ive ¦~ ~¦e¦.
Iw ¦he dewe geew hidiwg behiwd ¦he ¦~Àeiwg bicm iw¦i¦«¦i~w, ¦hee i w~ pigh¦
eÁce¦ aw ~ccai~wap, ae g~pd Íwdiwg i¦ Àa awd Íp¦eiwg ¦h~«gh ¦he pea¿e. I begaw ¦~ ¦hiwm, eÂe da¦iwg f~v ¦he caw~ ~f wa¦«e ab~¿e « ¦~ ¦he ¦ib«¦a «wwiwg ¦~ ~« igh¦, ¦ha¦ L~«ie had ~ve ea~w aide f~v Àapmiwg he h~ve. B«¦ L~«ie HaÀm, a «we¦¦piwg a he vigh¦ be, Àa j«¦ a gip. Aw ¦h~«gh¦ I had ab~«¦ «p¦ei~ v~¦i¿e, ~f aw ipew¦ civiwapi¦Â ewcp~ed iw ¦he f~e¦, I bp~cmed i¦ ~«¦.
The feam, L~«ie HaÀm, e¿ew¦«app p~Àed awd ¦~ed ew¦iepÂ. ‘I ¦hi i¦?’ I’d ~wdeed ¦~ vÂepf. I¦ c~«pd w~¦ be v ¦ive, I Àaw’¦ eadÂ. B«¦ he «ied ve. “Wh d~w’¦ Àe i¦?” he iw¿i¦ed, v~¦i~wiwg Ài¦h ¦he hawd w~¦ cp«¦chiwg v Ài¦ ¦~ a
bewch ¦ha¦ had w~ pace iw ¦hi ¦hicm b«h ~f Î~a. I had w~ ch~ice b«¦ ¦~ c~vpÂ, apeadÂ
¦e¦heed b Îeh ¦~ he. B ¦hew ¦he ¦ib«¦a aw pime a ¦aiw, Àidewed awd «hiwg awd biwgiwg w~ie Ài¦h ¦he Àa¦e Ígh¦iwg i¦epf awd ¦he ~cm ie j«¦¦iwg « f~v i¦.
Af¦e Àe b~¦h a¦ d~Àw ~w ¦he bewch bef~e i¦, he ~me.
"Wha¦ d~ Â~« ¦hiwm ~f ve?" he amed. I ¦h~«gh¦ a p~¦ ~f ¦hiwg ab~«¦ L~«ie HaÀm.
‘Fi¦, Â~«’e a ¦~¦ap Àeid~,’ I ¦h~«gh¦. B«¦ I me¦ i¦ ¦~ vÂepf. D~w’¦ ~me ¦he bea, ¦he aÂ.
“Wepp, Â~«’e...” I begaw, b«¦ he c«¦ ve ~ff. I’d f~g~¦¦ew ab~«¦ v Ài¦ iw he b~w cpa, b«¦ he eviwded ve ~f i¦ Àhew he ¦~~m v hawd awd eed i¦ ¦~ he che¦, igh¦ Àhee ¦he ch~~p ce¦ Àa À~¿ew iw¦~ he ~p~. Righ¦ Àhee he hea¦ h~«pd ha¿e we¦ped, bea¦iwg.
I h~«pd ha¿e mw~Àw, iw app h~we¦Â. The hea¦ ~f L~«ie HaÀm Àa a eeip ¦ipp a ¦he vipe ~w he pi.
“Y~«’e gea¦, L~«ie,” I ¦avveed, Àapp~Àiwg. Awd app ~f a «ddew I weeded ¦~ ge¦ ~ff ~f ¦ha¦ bewch, ge¦ v Ài¦ ~«¦ ~f he gi, ~«¦ ~f ¦ha¦ f~e¦, awd fa, fa aÀa f~v ¦he ceaviwg, feigh¦ ¦aiw i¿e. She e¿ew pe¦ ve ¦awd « awd ¦«w ~w v heep, ¦~  v eÂe aÀa f~v aw¦hiwg ev~¦ep iw he eiheap.
She did w~¦ weed ¦~ a aw¦hiwg a¦ app, w~ hÂicapp e¦aiw ve.
I did w~¦ mw~À v Àa ~«¦ ~f ¦he f~e¦.



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bÂ: Eppie B~wd
She Àaw¦ed ¦~ p~~m pime a d~pp. C~w¦«c¦ed efec¦i~w Ài¦h~«¦ a ~«p, a face Ài¦h~«¦ eÁei~w.
P~cepaiw miw Ài¦h~«¦ a cacm, ~f¦ hai Ài¦h efec¦ c«p, Àide, «wbpiwmiwg eÂe ¦ha¦ ee
e¿e¦hiwg awd w~¦hiwg app a¦ ~wce.
Pe¦¦Â d~pp ae apÀa icmed ͦ; ¦ha¦’ Àh he had ¦~ be ~we, ~ epe he vigh¦’¿e ew¦ he pife c~ppec¦iwg d«¦ ~w a bacm hepf.
E¿ew¦«appÂ, he Àa ch~ew, ¦amew ~ff he hepf, awd ~«¦ ~f he b~Á.
F~ a ¦ive, ¦hiwg fep¦ efec¦, b«¦ chipdew g~À b~ed Ài¦h ¦hei d~pp– he geÀ ¦ied ~f he. He chawged; he ¦ied ¦~ mee «. She c«¦ he hai, chawged he cp~¦he, awd bea¦ he face cp~e ¦~ efec¦i~w. App ¦~ mee hi a¦¦ew¦i~w.
He ch~e he ¦he Àa he Àa bef~e, b«¦ app he Àaw¦ed w~À Àa chawge. S~ve¦ive, chawge iw’¦ ew~«gh; he’pp Àaw¦ a weÀ d~pp ¦~ pa Ài¦h ¦ipp he ge¦ b~ed agaiw. Af¦e app, d~pp ae veaw¦ ¦~ be paÂed Ài¦h; ¦heÂ’e ¦~Â. Thei ~«ppe b~die ¦~ed f~v ~we e~w ¦~ ¦he weÁ¦. D~pp hadw’¦ Àaw¦ed ¦~ be ¦~Âed Ài¦h; he had j«¦ Àaw¦ed ¦~ be ch~ew, p~¿ed. B«¦ he c~«pdw’¦ c~vpaiw; he had beew ch~ew, awd he had beew p~¿ed, a¦ pea¦ ¦ha¦’ Àha¦ he’d beew ¦~pd.
She b~me ¦he ͦ ¦ive he Àa d~ed.
Caepe hawd pe¦ g~ ~ fa¦, ha¦¦eed he b~d awd hea¦ ~f gpa.
N~ ~we Àaw¦ a b~mew d~pp. Ugp cacm, viiwg iece, awd ha edge e~pe Íwd dig«¦iwg. The eev ¦~ f~ge¦ i¦’ we¿e a d~pp’ fa«p¦ he’ beew b~mew. The d~w’¦ fapp ~w ¦hei ~Àw.
S~ve d~pp ¦a iw iece; ¦he we¿e ec~¿e f~v ¦he fapp.
S~ve d~pp ha¿e hep ec~¿eiwg, ~ve~we ¦~ «¦ ¦hev bacm ¦~ge¦he.
D~pp d~ew’¦.
S~, he ga¦he « ¦he ~cepaiw iece ~f Àh~ he Àa bef~e awd begiw ¦~ gp«e heepf bacm ¦~ge¦he. I¦’ w~¦ eaÂ. Jagged iece ~f he a¦ ~me a¦ he awd c«¦. She’pp heap e¿ew¦«appÂ. The ca Àipp ¦aÂ. She’pp ¦Â ¦~ hide ¦hev, b«¦ ¦he we¿e g~ aÀaÂ.
Pe~pe capp he “ha«w¦ed” w~À, aÂiwg ¦he Íwd he «we¦¦piwg. The cacm iw he ~wce bea«¦if«p face, ¦he ¦aiw iw he ~wce efec¦ cp~¦he, ¦he «we¿ewwe ~f he ~wce efec¦ hai. The «gp ¦«¦h ~f Àha¦ ¦he ca«ed.
T~ ¦hev, he Àipp we¿e be a ¿ap«abpe a bef~e. Whew he a¦ «w¦~«ched « ~w he hepf. Iw he b~Á, ~¦ec¦ed f~v ¦he À~pd.
T~ he, he i ~ v«ch v~e ¦haw Àha¦ e~pe aÂ, v~e ¿ap«abpe w~À ¦haw he Àa iw viw¦ c~wdi¦i~w. N~À, he ha vev~ie awd mw~Àpedge, À~¦h v~e ¦haw bea«¦Â. F~ he ha beew p~¿ed awd ha¦ed, «e awd ¦aiw¦ed, b~mew awd heaped, ~bpi¿i~« awd aÀae.
S~ve da he Àihe he had ¦aÂed iw he b~Á, ~¦he da he’ gpad he pef¦.
S~ve¦ive he Àihe he Àeew’¦ a d~pp.
Cacmed miw ~f ~cepaiw, p~~ewed c«p, Àide eÂe ¦ha¦ ha¿e eew e¿e¦hiwg b«¦ ¦epp w~¦hiwg a¦ app.
bÂ: KhÂpaw W~~d~w
Thee ap~we a¦ ¦he Â~«wg b~ «wde ¦he Àav¦h ~f hi wa¿Â bp«e, f«ÉÉ bpawme¦. He had j«¦ g~¦¦ew h~ve af¦e a p~wg, «ie¦ di¿e, ~we Àhee ¦he ~ad eeved ¦~ ¦e¦ch ewdpep awd Ài¦h w~¦hiwg ¦~ hea b«¦ hi ~Àw ¦h~«gh¦. N~ v«ic, w~ c~w¿ea¦i~w. J«¦ ¦h~«gh¦.
A¦ h~ve, iw hi eacef«p weighb~h~~d, he f~«wd hivepf ap~we. N~ ~we epe Àa h~ve, w~ Àee ¦hee aw di¦ac¦i~w. O«¦ide, ¦he ¦ee¦ ¦~~d eeip ipew¦. N~ ca aed. N~ d~g bamed. N~ pa«gh¦e caied ¦h~«gh ¦he ai. I¦ fep¦ a if ¦he À~pd had ivp a«ed.
Sch~~p fep¦ pime a haÉe w~À, a if he had eÁeiewced i¦ f~v ¦he ¦hid e~w. The face ~f hi ee awd ¦he b~Â' pa«gh¦e ¦ha¦ had ech~ed ¦h~«gh ¦he happ app eeved ¦~ bp« ¦~ge¦he «w¦ip ¦ha¦ Àa app ¦ha¦ evaiwed. Owce agaiw, ¦hee Àa w~¦hiwg ¦~ hea b«¦ ¦he ~aiwg ¦h~«gh¦ iw hi head. The b«ip¦ ~w ¦~ ~f ~we aw~¦he ¦~ ¦he ~iw¦ Àhee ¦he Àee p~«de ¦haw aw ~¦he w~ie c~«pd ha¿e beew.
He eached ~«¦ f~ hi h~we awd eed paÂ, app~Àiwg v«ic ¦~ Ípp ¦he ~~v. The ~«wd cp~«ded ¦he ¦h~«gh¦ a¦ ͦ, b«¦ ¦hi didw’¦ pa¦. Hi ¦h~«gh¦ begaw ¦~ ee bacm ¦h~«gh ¦he ~wg. N~ va¦¦e h~À p~«d he ¦«wed ¦he v«ic «, ¦he ¦h~«gh¦ ef«ed ¦~ gi¿e iw.
He ¦~~d « awd Àawdeed ¦h~«gh ¦he h~«e. He chaed a chawge iw ceweÂ, b«¦ ¦hi Àa ¦~ w~ a¿aip a ¦he pi¿iwg ~~v fep¦ ¦~~ ev¦Â, ¦he diwiwg ~~v pigh¦ Àee ¿e hah ~w hi eÂe, awd ¦he baevew¦ fep¦ ¦~~ «eap. N~Àhee he Àew¦ eeved ¦~ biwg aw eace f~ hiv.
He checmed hi h~we pa¦ ¦ive. N~ weÀ veage, w~ weÀ w~¦iÍca¦i~w. The ipewce Àa ¦a¦iwg ¦~ vame ewe w~À.
He begaw ¦~ ~wde Àha¦ had g~we aÀÂ. He checmed ¦h~«gh ~pd c~w¿ea¦i~w ¦ha¦ Àew¦ d awd ¦h~«gh a¦ g~«cha¦ Àhee he w~À ee ¦ha¦ he eapp Àaw’¦ a a¦ ~f ¦he g~«cha¦. He ¦h~«gh¦ ab~«¦ ¦Âiwg ~ve¦hiwg ¦~ each ~«¦. He g~¦ iw¦~ hi head agaiw, aÂiwg, “Wha¦ h~«pd I aÂ? HeÂ? Wa«? Sewd a veve? Aw¦hiwg a¦ app?” awd Âe¦ hi ¦h«vb j«¦ h~¿eed ~¿e ¦he ceew bef~e Íwapp e¦¦piwg agaiw.
He ¦h~«gh¦, “Wh~ À~«pd e¿ew awÀe?”
The pa«gh¦e iw ¦he happÀa epaÂed ~wce agaiw iw hi viwd. I¦ had apÀa «~«wded hiv, b«¦ i¦ we¿e eapp iwcp«ded hiv. He Àa eew¦, b«¦ w~¦ eew. S~mew ¦~, b«¦ w~¦ ¦«p head.
He eapiÉed ¦hew ¦ha¦ i¦ Àaw’¦ j«¦ ¦ha¦ w~ ~we had eached ~«¦, b«¦ ¦ha¦ i¦ Àa ¦ha¦ he didw’¦ mw~À Àh~ ¦~ each ~«¦ ¦~.
The h~«e evaiwed ipew¦. The À~pd ~«¦ide i ¦ipp f~Éew. S~ he dif¦ed bacm ¦~ hi ~~v. Bacm «wde ¦he wa¿Â bp«e, f«ÉÉ bpawme¦.
The v«ic had ¦~ed, awd ¦he ceew had g~we bpacm, awd ¦hee he paÂ, pi¦ewiwg ¦~ ¦he ave ~aiwg ¦h~«gh¦ awd ¦he ave deafewiwg «ie¦. He eapiÉed i¦ Àaw’¦ ¦he ipewce a~«wd hiv, b«¦ ¦ha¦ he had w~ ~we ¦~ beam i¦.



A¬ha Ha¨¨i¬










bÂ: Avepia Dadew
The Peivi¦ Àa À~ied ab~«¦ ¦he damwe «~«wdiwg hiv. App epe Àa p~¦ ¦~ hive¿e¦hiwg Àa dam. Pa¦ ~f hiv eapiÉed ¦ha¦ ¦hee Àa pigh¦, ¦he ~igiw «wmw~Àw, beca«e he had ew~«gh ¿iibipi¦Â ¦~ ee hi ~Àw av Îaipiwg ab~«¦. B«¦ hi eapi¦Â Àa w~¦hiwg b«¦ a Àa¦h ~f bpacm, a i¦ ¦ha¦ Àa ¿~id ~f aw¦hiwg ~¦he ¦haw ¦he dam. The O¦ivi¦ Àa ~wp À~ied ab~«¦ ¦he pigh¦ ¦ha¦ igwaped ¦he ewd ~f ¦he ¦«wwep. S«e, he c~«pdw’¦ ee aw¦hiwg, awd ¦he pigh¦ Àa a vipe aÀaÂ, b«¦ ¦hee Àa a pigh¦! Awd, eappÂ, Àha¦ Àa a vipe? Sp~À awd ¦ead À~«pd iwe¿i¦abp Àiw, he apÀa aid- Àha¦ Àa a pi¦¦pe v~e Àapmiwg? Wha¦ Àa a ¦«vbpe a p~wg a he g~¦ ¦hee iw ¦he ewd? The pigh¦ Àa app ¦ha¦ va¦¦eed.
The Nihipi¦ Àaw’¦ À~ied. Pei~d. He ided hivepf ~w hi c~~p de¦achvew¦, aa¦he¦ic diipp«i~wvew¦ Ài¦h pife i¦epf. He did w~¦ cae ab~«¦ ¦he bp«bbeiwg f~~p weÁ¦ ¦~ hiv. He did w~¦ cae ab~«¦ ¦he ga¿ep ~miwg a¦ ¦he b~¦¦~v ~f hi h~e, ~ h~À ¦he ea¦h had ¦a¦ed «vbpiwg. Awd he ce¦aiwp didw’¦ cae ab~«¦ ¦he pigh¦, ~ h~À i¦ becave iwceaiwgp cpeae Ài¦h e¿e aiwg ec~wd.
The fac¦ ¦ha¦ ¦he pigh¦ Àa v~¿iwg vade w~ diffeewce ¦~ ¦he Peivi¦. He had decided ¦ha¦ he Àa ¦aed iw damwe, awd ¦he w~À ¦À~ Ϋ~ecew¦ pigh¦ ipp«viwa¦iwg ¦he ¦«wwep À~«pdw’¦ chawge ¦ha¦.
The O¦ivi¦ ej~iced. He À~«pdw’¦ ha¿e ¦~ d~ a ¦hiwg- ¦he pigh¦ Àee c~viwg ¦~ hiv! Th~«gh, he did À~wde Àh ¦he Àee v~¿iwg ~ fa¦. Awd Àh ¦he acc~vawÂiwg ~a Àa w~¦ ¦ha¦ ~f awgep iwgiwg, b«¦ ~f a h~w bp~Àiwg.
The Nihipi¦ aÀ ¦he bp~b, awd ec~gwiÉed i¦ a a ¦aiw. He didw’¦ cae. He mweÀ ¦ha¦ he c~«pd v~¿e ~«¦ ~f ¦he ÀaÂ, b«¦ he had w~ iw¦ee¦ iw depaÂiwg ¦he iwe¿i¦abpe.
The C~wd«c¦~ aÀ ¦he a¦h bef~e hiv, ipp«viwa¦ed b hi ¦aiw’ headpigh¦. He Àa g~iwg ~ fa¦ ¦ha¦ ¦he c~wce¦e awd ¦eep awd ga¿ep Àa app a bp« b«¦ f~ a ec~wd.
The C~wd«c¦~ Àa ¦eibp À~ied ~wp ab~«¦ ¦he ¦ive. He had cag~ ¦~ depi¿e, af¦e app, awd he À~«pdw’¦ pe¦ aw¦hiwg, ~ awÂ~we, ge¦ iw hi ÀaÂ. Hi b~ had beew ¿e cpea ab~«¦ ¦he eÁac¦ aave¦e ~f hi j~b. Hi j~b Àaw’¦ ¦~ vame «e ¦ha¦ idi~¦ Àeew’¦ hi¦ b v~¿iwg ¦aiw, b«¦ ge¦¦iwg ¦~ hi de¦iwa¦i~w ~w ¦ive. He didw’¦ ha¿e ¦ive ¦~ ¦~, w~ did he Àaw¦ ¦~. App ¦he C~wd«c¦~ c~«pd ee Àa ¦hee iwf«ia¦iwg f~~p, epÍhp ch~~iwg ¦~ ¦awd iw ¦he Àa ~f hi «~¦a.
The Taiw Àaw’¦ À~ied. I¦ Àa a ¦aiw. Awd Àhew i¦ eÁi¦ed ¦he ¦«wwep, i¦ ¦ipp Àaw’¦ À~ied. Thee Àa w~ gwaÀiwg c~wciewce, d~Àwiwg iw g«ip¦.
I¦ À~«pd, h~Àe¿e, weed a weÀ aiw¦ j~b.












Ai¿e Iw J«we
bÂ: Iabeppa Yiwg
Ow he ¦hid aww«ap eÁ~d« ¦~ v h~ve¦~Àw, N~Àhee Fapp (A.K.A Pieh~pe, Aveica), I ca«gh¦ ¦he cea¦«e. BeadÂ-eÂed awd mapeid~c~e Àiwged, Àe chipdew capped he
Gpi¦¦eb«g, f~ h~À he Àa a À~wdef«p v~w¦~i¦Â ~f pigh¦ iw e¿e c~p~, ¦aed iw ¦he b~d ~f aw iwec¦.
M i¦e aid he j~«weÂed f~v Ma, ~¦he cpaived Cawada, b«¦ e¿e dead wigh¦ ~f J«we, iweÁpicabpÂ, he’d e¦«w ¦~ ÂaÀwiwg, d«¦Â ~pd Pieh~pe ¦~ gi¿e i¦ a iw. He f~eigw gpav~« Àa Àepc~ve vaw ¦ive ~¿e, eeciapp c~vaed ¦~ M. D~«gpa’ h«vid, ~we ~~v Íf¦h gade cpa.
Gpi¦¦eb«g v«¦ ha¿e ¦amew va~chi¦ic pea«e iw beiwg ~« eÂ, aw «wc«¦, ¦h~«awd faced diav~wd. She c~«pdw’¦ didaiw « chipdew, w~¦-w~ed awd b«vbpiwg, ~ p~wg a Àe we¿e ¦«p ¦~«ched he Àiwg a Àe chaed he ¦h~«gh v«dd bacm~ad.
I Àaw’¦ e¿ew ac¦i¿ep h«w¦iwg he Àhew I Íwapp ca«gh¦ he. She had Éied b v Àiwd~À a I deaved, eha a wigh¦vae ~f v ¦ive ¦abpe. I¦ Àa he Àiwg, Àapp~Àiwg ¦he dee-daÀw v~~w awd i¦¦iwg i¦ bacm ~«¦ a a bippiaw¦ aiwb~À, ¦ha¦ ca«gh¦ v a¦¦ew¦i~w. She v«¦ ha¿e mw~Àw I Àa Àa¦chiwg, Ài¦h ¦he Àa he ived awd eewed a¦ he eÎec¦i~w iw v bed~~v Àiwd~À.
I a¦ « ¦aigh¦ iw v bed ¦~ p~~m diec¦p a¦ he. Thee he Àa, he ~a-b«bbpe eÂe dippiwg iw¦~ viwe. Iw aw iw¦aw¦ I Àa ~«¦ ¦he d~~. I¦ Àa ab~«¦ f~« iw ¦he v~wiwg, b«¦ Pieh~pe iw’¦ ~ dawge~« a¦ aw ¦ive ~f daÂ. I didw’¦ ¦hiwm—c~«pdw’¦ ha¿e, if I ¦ied—ab~«¦ h~À, iw ¦he ewdpe ~À ~f idew¦icap b«wgap~À ¦aed behiwd Àhi¦e icme¦ fewce, Gpi¦¦eb«g had ch~ew viwe.
She ¦«wed a~«wd a I cave « behiwd he, v bacm ¦~ ¦he ¦ee¦ awd he ¦~ v bed~~v Àiwd~À. I d~w’¦ ¦hiwm he eÁec¦ed ¦~ e¿e ac¦«app be c~weed, b«¦ ¦hee he Àa. S~ eha ¦hee Àa fea iw he eÂe a I ¦aed he d~Àw; w~¦ ew~«gh, ¦h~«gh, ¦~ ~¿ec~ve ¦he eÁci¦evew¦ iw v eÂe. Bef~e I c~«pd ¦hiwm ¦Àice, I vahed he iw-be¦Àeew v hawd awd v Àiwd~À awe.
B«¦ app I c~«pd feep, ¦awdiwg iw ¦he bed ~f ¦~va¦~e ~«¦ide v Àiwd~À, Àa ~ve¦hiwg ~« ch«wiwg iw v g«¦ a ¦ha¦ bapp ~f pigh¦ fac¦«ed ¦h~«gh ¦he cacm iw v cp~ed ͦ, awd app ~f a «ddew I Àa e¦¦Â eage ¦~ ~ew v apv awd ¦«w i¦ ~¿e, Àa¦chiwg Gpi¦¦eb«g ¦«vbpe d~Àip ¦~ ¦he di¦. I ¦h~«gh¦ ~wp ~we ¦hiwg ¦hew. I¦ didw’¦ vame ve hapf a a¦iÍed a I’d ivagiwed. I «ed ¦~ ¦hiwm ab~«¦ Àhee Gpi¦¦eb«g Àew¦ af¦e ¦ha¦. MaÂbe he acmed he ¦«ff « iw ¦he adiwe ¦iw I me¦ ~«¦ f~ ¦he faiie awd j~«weÂed ~vepace aced, ~ ivp bpeÀ aÀa iw ¦he Àiwd. B«¦ I apÀa mweÀ. Whew I ew¦ he ¦~ ¦he di¦, he we¿e ¦aÂed ¦hee f~e¿e.
The ~¦he mid À~wdeed Àhee he Àew¦, b«¦ I me¦ v v~«¦h h«¦. H~À c~«pd I ¦epp ¦hev I’d «¦ N~Àhee Fapp bacm ¦~ pee?
bÂ: Y¿epiÉ O¦iÉ-Dewwi
Deae¦ Si¦e, I¦ i Ài¦h a hea¿Â hea¦ ¦ha¦ I av Ài¦iwg ¦~ Â~«. Iw a va¦¦e ~f daÂ, I Àipp be dead. N~À, d~w’¦ be figh¦ewed. A feÀ da ag~, I Àa, a apÀaÂ, Àawdeiwg a~«wd ¦he f~gg À~~d, cicpiwg ¦he dead ¦ee, i¦¦iwg iw ¦he Àe¦ pea¿e, veppiwg ¦he ai ~f «e deai. M b~we ached a I f~ced ¦hev ¦~ bea v Àeigh¦, v ape miw d«pped iw ¦he ge pigh¦. Thew ¦he b«iwevaw a~ached ve, biefcae iw hawd, Ài¦h a chaviwg vipe. Hi face, «wcaww iw i¦ bea«¦Â awd c~wÍdewce, figh¦ewed ve. I had ¦h~«gh¦ I Àa ap~we iw v ~Àw pawd ~f vepawch~pÂ. Y~« ee, I’¿e vade a ¿e iv~¦aw¦ deap Ài¦h ¦hi vaw. “Hepp~,” he ~me iw a dee, ~~¦hiwg ¿~ice. “Y~« eev «i¦e p~wepÂ, vadav.”
I Àa ipew¦ a¦ ͦ, Â~« mw~À h~À I av. I p~a¦hed aw iw¦e«¦i~w ~f v Àee¦ i~pa¦i~w, b«¦ hi vipe eeved ¦~ biwg ~«¦ a À~wde ¦ha¦ had p~wg beew f~g~¦¦ew. “I ha¿e we¿e fep¦ ~ ap~we iw v pife. ”
He f«¦he a~ached awd Àa a feÀ ace iw f~w¦ ~f ve. “Tepp ve, Àha¦ i i¦ ¦ha¦ addew Â~«?” He ¦~~m ~ff hi bpacm, ¿ep¿e¦Â ha¦ awd e¦ hi biefcae ~w ¦he g~«wd. Hi eewce ~ewed « v hea¦, awd À~d ~«ed ~«¦ pime a Î~~d, ~ve¦hiwg w~ ~we ha e¿e beew abpe ¦~ d~, w~¦ e¿ew Â~«.
“M hawd, i, p~~m a¦ ¦hev.” I aied b~¦h Àeam, faip hawd, v apv faced ¦he mÂ.
“The ha¿e w~ «~e, w~ cappiwg. I av iwfec¦ed b e¿ip iw ¦he ai. S«ff~ca¦ed, ipewced; w~ ~we hee caw ee i¦. Shee, ¦he ae, f~pp~Àiwg ¦he hed.” I ¦eed cp~e ¦~ hiv awd ¦aed iw¦~ hi
eÂe. “I av w~ hee.”
He «¦ hi hawd ~w v h~«pde, a ge¦«e ~ miwd, I c~«pdw’¦ v~¿e ~ p~~m aÀaÂ. “Y~« ~~ ~«p. Y~« e«ie a a¿i~.”
I¦ Àa a¦ ¦ha¦ v~vew¦ ¦ha¦ ea~w bieΠcave ~¿e ve. I mw~À h~À f~~pih i¦ eev ¦~ be ~ bpa¦aw¦ Ài¦h a ¦awge. B«¦ c~w¦iw«e ¦~ ead, dea i¦e.
“Wha¦ c~«pd Â~« ~ibp d~? Y~« caww~¦ ee w~ feep ¦he deca ~f v b~d awd viwd.”
The vaw viped, awd ~wg-pime À~d ~pped ~ff hi ¦~wg«e:
“Wha¦ Â~« deie, I caw d~.
Li¦ew caef«pp ¦~ Àha¦ I ¦epp Â~«.
Y~« ~¦¦ed hea¦ eem ~ve¦hiwg v~e, v~e ¦haw ¦hi À~pd c~«pd e¿e ewd f~ — G~~d ¦hiwg I av w~¦ ~f ¦hi À~pd.
T~ Ípp ¦he a¿iwe ~f Â~« ~«p, Tame v hawd, awd ¦he bepp happ ¦~pp.”
Thi Àa veep hapf ~f Àha¦ he awg, awd À~d had we¿e ~«wded ~ Àee¦, ~ ~viiwg. App ea~w pef¦ v viwd. Thi Àa a b«iwevaw Àh~ ~ffeed ve a gea¦ deap. He ~vied ¦~ gi¿e ve «~e, c«e ve ~f iw. I Àipp be eb~w. App I v«¦ d~ i e¦«w ¦~ ¦he À~~d Àhew ¦he v~~w i f«pp, ¦e iw¦~ ¦he Ea¦h, awd j~iw ¦he dead. D~w’¦ v~«w, i¦e, I Àipp ~~w e¦«w.
SiwceepÂ, Eia













UPPER SCHOOL SPRING MUSICAL


ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL IS A TONY AND OLIVIER
AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION ABOUT A BRILLIANT YOUNG GIRL WITH PSYCHOKINETIC POWERS WHO OVERCOMES ABUSIVE PARENTS AND A TYRANNICAL HEADMISTRESS.














bÂ: Ka¦e M~epawd
D~pp «iw¦ed iw¦~ ¦he ¿awi¦Â pigh¦ ~f ¦he vi~ a he apied he eÂepiwe. The ¦ev~ iw he hawd geÀ Ài¦h e¿e ¿iba¦i~w f~v ¦he ¦age, vamiwg ¦he eÂepiwe a jagged ÉigÉag. Iw ¦he eÎec¦i~w, he g~pdew-bp~wde hai Àa w~À ip¿eÂ-Àhi¦e, b«¦ ¦he piwe cicpiwg he eÂe awd v~«¦h, evwaw¦ ~f ¦h~e ageaw¦-Àiwwiwg vipe, eviwded D~pp ~f aw ivage ¦ha¦ ¦aÂed f~Éew iw ¦ive, pa¦eed ~w ~pd c~«w¦Â bippb~ad awd iw ¦he bacm ~f ¦he viwd ~f ¦h~e Àh~ ¦ipp evevbeed ¦he gip Àh~ a¦ ¦hee iÁ¦Â-Í¿e Âea ag~. She gew¦p «bbed a Q-¦i «wde he pef¦ eÂe, Àhee he miw agged f~v «vve ~f icmiwg c~¦¦~w «wde ¦he bpi¦eiwg «w, a¦he ¦haw f~v ¦i ¦~ M~wac~ awd Cai, pime ¦he b~ f~v ¦he Àawm weighb~h~~d d~Àw¦~Àw, Àh~e favipie «ed ¦he À~d «vve a a ¿eb. He h«bawd ~f iÁ¦Â Âea Àa ~we ~f ¦h~e b~Â. He had gi¿ew he a g~~d pa¦ wave awd a wice h~ve Ài¦h a ~ch Àiwg iw ¦he f~w¦ ¦~ ead awd diwm Àee¦ ¦ea ~w iw ¦he «vve¦ive, a vevbehi ¦~ ¦hei favipÂ’ c~«w¦Â cp«b, awd a h~weÂv~~w ¦~ AvapÍ, Àhee ¦he eÁp~ed a~«wd ¦he c~a¦ap ci¦Â ~wp ¦~iwg f~ «icm veap, Íppiwg « ~w ic a¦a awd decadew¦ Àh~pe Íhe ca«gh¦ j«¦ ~ffh~e. Iw ¦h~e v~vew¦, he pimed ¦~ e¦ewd ¦ha¦ he Àaw’¦ ¦he gip Àh~ ew¦ he da af¦e ch~~p vipmiwg ¦he c~À awd paw¦iwg bp«ebe eed iw faded ~¿eapp Àhew he Àa Â~«wg, b«¦ iw¦ead had apÀa beew pime favipie he v~¦he had À~med f~, Àh~e mid ¦~~m e«e¦iaw pe~w ~w T«eda awd i¿a¦e ¿~ice pe~w ~w Wedweda ¦~ iwg iw ¦hei Ch«ch Ch~i.
N~À D~pp Àa apÂiwg che pi¦icm, ¦he Íwihiwg ¦~«ch ¦~ he vipe. A he ¦~~d «~«wded b h~de ~f bea«¦if«p gip iw ¦hi Âea’ c~w¦e¦, he ¦h~«gh¦ h~À w~¦ ~we ~«¦h~we he iw he ive. The de he À~e, ¦he ~igiwap f~v he Àiwwiwg Âea iw 1960, Àa a evamabpe bpacm, Ài¦h ¦head ~f ip¿e awd g~pd À~¿ew ¦h~«gh, awd ¦he daiw¦ie¦ g~pdew ¦a ~w ¦he b~dice ¦ha¦ he had ¦aÂed « ¦he wigh¦ bef~e ¦he c~w¦e¦ evb~ideiwg. Bacm ¦hew, i¦ had ¦amew he a Àh~pe «vve ~f hif¦ a¦ RawdÂ’ Diwwe (awd he Àa e¿iwg ~w ma¦e) ¦~ cae j«¦ ew~«gh ¦~ b«Â i¦. “Ae Â~« eadÂ, M. D~ppÂ?” a Â~«wg a¦¦ewdaw¦, Ài¦h bp~wde hai awd aw ea vipe, amed a he hepd ~we ~f M. D~ppÂ’ av ¦~ ec~¦ he ~w¦~ ¦he ¦age. D~pp w~dded. A ¦he a¦¦ewdaw¦ Àapmed M. D~pp ¦~ ¦he ¦age, M. D~ppÂ’ heaiwg aid icmed « ¦he ¿~ice ~f ¦he aww~«wce, “Awd w~À ¦~ eew¦ Àe ha¿e ~« 1960 Àiwwe ~f Mi Ge~gia Peach!” The pigh¦ beaved ~w M. D~ppÂ’ face, awd ~wce agaiw he Îahed ¦ha¦ ~pd ageaw¦Àiwwiwg vipe. Beca«e ¦hi ¦ive, ¦awdiwg ~w ¦ha¦ ¦age, he Àaw’¦ j«¦ Mi Ge~gia Peach, M. R~be¦, ~ ¦he baef~~¦ed gip iw ~¿eapp; he Àa e¿e¦hiwg, he Àa Mi Uwi¿ee, IwÍwi¦e.
bÂ: Appi~w Caiw
Ha¿e Â~« e¿e had ¦~ Àapm ¦he ¦hiw piwe ¦ha¦ di¿ide Â~« ¦h~«gh¦ f~v Â~«? W~bbpiwg be¦Àeew p~iwg Â~«epf awd ¦aÂiwg aÎ~a¦? I’¿e Àapmed ¦ha¦ piwe f~ a p~wg ¦ive w~À. I'¿e ¦«vbped iw¦~ ~bpi¿i~w v~e ¦haw ~wce.
I¦ Àa pa¦e a¦ wigh¦, pime v~¦ fapp iw¦~ ¦he ab ae. A¦ wigh¦, Â~« viwd i Àeame; i¦ bp«. The Àapp ¦ha¦ ba ¦he ceeiwg ¦h~«gh¦ Àe a¿~id c«vbpe, eÁ~iwg « ¦~ ¦he À~¦ a¦ ~f ~«ep¿e. I Àa iw ¦he mi¦chew; ¦he ba I À~med a¦ Àa ~ew «w¦ip 3:00. E¿e¦hiwg fep¦ a pi¦¦pe bi¦ hea¿Â, b«¦ I ¦ipp had ab~«¦ aw h~« ¦~ g~. A wach~ ~de ~pped iw. I gabbed ¦he cheee ga¦e awd ~ve M~w¦ee Jacm awd g~¦ ¦~ À~m; Àe hed iw-h~«e. We’e fawc pime ¦ha¦.
I¦ Àa hee ¦ha¦ I pied. I d~ed ¦he cheee, awd v hawd g~«wd agaiw¦ ¦he ga¦e. I Àa¦ched v miw eep aÀa iw ¦h~e ¦hiw pi¦¦pe ¦i, awd I Àa¦ched ¦he bp~~d Àepp « f~v ¦he jagged c«¦. Paiw adia¦ed f~v ¦he À~«wd, b~we ¿iibpe. A ¦awge ewe ~f capv ~¿ecave ve, awd v d~Àiwe vep¦ed aÀaÂ. S~ve~we Âepped.
“C~piw! Y~« j«¦ g~iwg ¦~ ¦awd ¦hee, ~ ae Â~« g~iwg ¦~ ge¦ ¦h~e davw wach~ d~we?”
I ef~c«ed v eÂe. I Àa ¦ipp h~pdiwg ¦he cheee; v hawd Àee efec¦p cpeaw. I Àa ¦ipp eÁha«¦ed, j«¦ ¦awdiwg ¦hee, f~Éew. I ha¿e w~ idea h~À p~wg I Àa ¦hee f~. Wha¦ ¦he hepp?
“S~Â! Ow i¦!”
“H«Â «, C~piw! Need ¦h~e wach~ iw ¦hee!”
I h«ffed ~«¦ a bea¦h. I g~¦ ¦hi. J«¦ ~we v~e h~«. I ¦~ed v head awd h~~m v hawd, ¦hew e¦«wed v f~c« ¦~ ¦he cheee ga¦e. I fepp iw¦~ a h¦hv. I Àih I hadw’¦. Th~«gh v hawd Àee b«Â, v viwd Àa pef¦ ¦~ fac¦«e. Tha¦ ¦awge cpai¦Â cave agaiw. The cpea ivage ~f v hawd, bp~~d cp«v ~f miw awd iweÀ b«ipdiwg « ~w ¦he edge ~f ¦he cheee ga¦e, dam ed ¦aiwiwg ¦he c~«w¦e. M eÁha«¦i~w pef¦ v b~we, awd ¦he ~wp ¦h~«gh¦ iw v viwd Àa ¦he dee deie ¦~ mee g~iwg, ¦~ ee h~À j«¦ v«ch ~f vÂepf I c~«pd hed. I iwhaped hap awd ¦«vbped bacm Ài¦h v hawd iw ¦he ai, pe¦¦iwg ¦he cheee ¦«vbpe ~w¦~ ¦he c~«w¦e.
Oh v G~d. Wh did I j«¦...
“Wha¦ ¦he hepp i À~wg! J«¦ ga¦e ¦he davw cheee!” Sh~e ¦~ved ¦~Àad ve, awd ~ve~we hi¦ v h~«pde had ew~«gh ¦~ mw~cm ve f~Àad awd e¦ ve ¦aigh¦.
“MÂ bad, g~¦ i¦.”
The weÁ¦ ¦ive, Àepp, I Àa caef«p, iw¦ew¦i~wap. I aÀ bp~~d, I aÀ b~we. I me¦ À~miwg. Whi¦e capv «~«wded ve; i¦ fep¦ eap, pime bigh¦ pigh¦. M«fÎed ¿~ice cave ¦h~«gh. M ea awg.
La¦e ¦ha¦ wigh¦, pÂiwg Îa¦ iw v had bed, I À~wdeed, Àa ¦ha¦ ac¦«app ve? I Àaw¦ed ¦~ g~ ¦h~«gh Ài¦h i¦. O did I? Ob¿i~«p w~¦, b«¦ a¦ ¦he ave ¦ive...
Tha¦ Àa ¦he ͦ ¦ive I fepp iw¦~ ¦he ¿~id.















KELSEY ADAMS-43
DEVIN AUSTIN-51
EMERSON BAUMANN-16
JANE BALSLEY-61
SLOAN BALSLEY-63
MARIELLA BISHOP-29
ELLIE BOND-38
AVA BOREN-22, 23
LILLY BOSWORTH-54
EVVIE BRESNAHAN-60, 61
AMELIA DARDEN-48
ZAYNAB FARID-45
ANISTON FISHER-66, 67
PARKER FLETCHER-19, 71
MACKENZIE GANGI-7
SOPHIE GIARDINO-10, 19
MERIWETHER GLASS40
ANNA GUPTON
DYLAN CANNON-18
ALLISON CAIN-25, 42, 69
MALIA CARTER-11
ISABELLE CHEROFF-46, 53
PRESLEY KATE
CUNNINGHAM-58
MAYA HAWKINS-24, 62
ASHA HARRIS-29, 41
ZARA HEBB-52
ASHTON HIGHTOWER33, 43
NICHOLAS HOLLAND-6
IRIS HUANG-59
GRANT HULETT-10

KAI LABARRIE-25
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MALAYA MADISON-20
CHLOE MAJOR-30, 31, 35
KATE MORELAND-68
SHELBY MORRIS-51, 52
HELLA NORGAARD-10, 58
LILY SANFORD-40
CAROLINE SCHILLER-35
LAUREN SMITH-44
YVELIZ ORTIZ-DENNIS-
57
LINK PEREZ-16
LILLIAN PORTER-59
CHENEY POWELL-63
MAX POWERS-34
ESTELLE REAVEY-47, 50, 58
PAMELA REID-54
REESE RICHARDSON-46, 47
AUBRI RUCKER-9
BIANCA TAMASSIA-21
BETTS TAUBEL-59
LEO VETTER-WATSON-55
ALI WAINWRIGHT-12, 13
AMELIA WONDER-8
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KATE WOOD-24
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ISABELLA YING-28, 56
CATHERINE ZELNAK-17
Avepia
Dadew
The T«wwep
T~ be efec¦p h~we¦, I aÀ ¦he f~pp~Àiwg j~me, awd decided ¦~ eÁawd i¦- ¦he eivi¦ ee a p~wg dam ¦«wwep, ¦he ~¦ivi¦ ee ¦he pigh¦ a¦ ¦he ewd ~f ¦he ¦«wwep, awd ¦he eapi¦ ee ¦ha¦ ¦he pigh¦ i aw ~wc~viwg ¦aiw; app ¦he c~wd«c¦~ aÀ Àa ¦hee f~~p, ¦awdiwg ~w ¦he ¦aiw ¦acm. Awd I ¦h~«gh¦ ¦hi Àa «i¦e f«wwÂ, ~, a I aid, I decided ¦~ Ài¦e aw eÁawded edi¦i~w.
Y¿epiÉ O¦iÉ
Dewwi
Iwia¦i~w ¦«cm ve f~v a c~vbiwa¦i~w ~f ¦hiwg: a ¦À~-h~« Îigh¦, w~iecawceppiwg headh~we, awd a ¿i¿id deav. Ow ¦ha¦ pawe, a ¦~ «wf~pded bef~e v e¦iwg eÂe, Ípped Ài¦h v«ic, p~¿e, awd dea¦h— idea iwied b ¦he hÂw~¦ic ~«wd ~f TÂe O Nega¦i¿e bpa¦iwg iw¦~ v ea. Idea Î~Àed iw¦ewep ¦h~«gh v viwd, ~ Àhew I aÀ~me, I had w~ ch~ice b«¦ ¦~ «¦ ¦hev iw¦~ À~d.
Eppie B~wd
KhÂpaw
W~~d~w
MapaÂa
Madi~w
D~ppÂ
I didw'¦ ead a¦ ͦ ¦ha¦ i¦ Àa «~ed ¦~ be a e~wap waa¦i¿e. S~, v ~igiwap g~ap Àa ¦~ Ài¦e a ¦~ ¦ha¦ Àa ~ew ¦~ iw¦ee¦a¦i~w Àhich c~«pd ¿a f~v e~w ¦~ e~w. M h~e iw Ài¦iwg ¦hi i ¦ha¦ Àh~e¿e ead i¦ Àipp ge¦ ¦he igh¦ veage f~ ¦hev ~«¦ ~f i¦.
The L~«de¦ S~«wd
Ab~«¦ 4 Âea ag~, I ¦a¦ed ge¦¦iwg iw¦~ Àa¦chiwg cive d~c«vew¦aie. Wha¦ g~¦ ve iw¦ee¦ed iw cive Àa Àhew I aÀ ~we ab~«¦ a gip waved Kaa
R~biw~w. I c~«pdw'¦ evevbe ¦he ¦~Âpiwe, b«¦ I evevbeed he wave ¿e Àepp. I À~¦e ¦hi iece f~ aw Ewgpih ~jec¦ (Ài¦h v ~Àw ¦Ài¦, a M Da¿i awd I aÂ). I mweÀ ¦ha¦ I Àaw¦ed ~ve¦hiwg ¦~ d~ Ài¦h ¦he eec¦i¿e ~f Íwge, awd I mweÀ h~À dava¦ic I Àaw¦ed i¦ ¦~ be, ~ I decided ¦~ Ài¦e i¦ f~v ¦he eec¦i¿e ~f Kaa' Íwge. I Àaw¦ed ¦he ¦~ ¦~ ha¿e a p~¦ ~f Íg«a¦i¿e pawg«age, ~ I had ivipe awd ve¦ah~ beÂ~wd v e~wiÍca¦i~w.
Sipew¦ Wi¦wee I À~¦e ¦hi f~v a eap feepiwg I had ~f beiwg eew¦ b«¦ w~¦ eapp bep~wgiwg awÂÀhee. I¦ h~À h~À Â~« viwd caw ge¦ ~ p~«d a¦ ¦ive Àhew e¿e¦hiwg a~«wd Â~« i «ie¦, awd h~À had i¦ caw be ¦~ each ~«¦ f~ hep Àhew Â~« d~w'¦ e¿ew mw~À Àh~ Â~« h~«pd be eachiwg ¦~. Thi h~¦ ¦~ Àa ab~«¦ ve «¦¦iwg ¦ha¦ feepiwg iw¦~ À~d, b«¦ ap~ ¦Âiwg ¦~ ead aÀaewe beca«e I mw~À I'v w~¦ ¦he ~wp ¦«dew¦ ¦~ feep pime ¦hi, awd e¿ew ¦h~«gh I Àa we¿~« ¦~ eam ~w i¦, I didw'¦ Àaw¦ ¦~ pe¦ ¦ha¦ fea ¦~ ve.
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