Onida about her in the first place four of them and four of us Onida looked up
Onida ate a bowl of cereal rereading the book on the back of the box about the adventures of Twinkle Toes the elephant
driveway Onida thought about threatening to tell on him for messing his pants up
something Onida couldn't see from the path something small something so
watermelon Onida enunciated how long it take till they're
breakfast Onida tried to explain but Mercy Mercy had made her swear not to tell any grown-ups about the blue lady
dream Onida ran toward whatever it was she tripped on a stone block stumbled through the dark Mercy she shouted as
birthday Onida yelled after her because she couldn't think of what else to say I can stop
her Onida opened the screen door I thought you wasn't coming till Saturday weren't she corrected her little sister
her name was Onida Brandy Miss Curtis said lives down the street Onida what on
say after dark Onida snuck out she had stayed inside all day exactly as she
out magic Onida met Mercy's eyes they had
whole hours Onida knew they were getting close when they went by the giant Tire 10 stories tall there were more and more
nowhere in sight Onida followed L back to find their parents it was hot the oven was on big mama was rolling out
blue lady Onida had never seen her before but who else could this be a painting of her skin was pale blue like
needed help understanding a lot of things Onida explained it to him you
children from evil spirits and grown-ups Onida tried to sing along with her but the music kept changing so the
she topped the hill Mercy nodded but Onida didn't think it was because Mercy had heard her she ran on recklessly
candles were being blown out Onida bent forward to see better the light came
turned and walked a few steps away Onida was going to follow her but Mercy stopped on her own faced her friend
give you these now in case Onida took what Mercy offered an
dog Mercy watched soap operas maybe Onida would be able to convince the other children those were more fun
alons after Kevin had to go inside mercy and Onida smuggled the heavy glass
Wrigley's gum it tasted like scouring powder Onida knew she'd wind up sharing
out the Monday after the 4th of July Onida awoke to the low Grumble of heavy
company she'd make a big breakfast even if Onida wasn't hungry it felt good to talk with mom while she cooked it
anybody after about 80 Innings of ding- delivery Onida felt like she was going
lawn that wasn't the kind of thing Onida ever did she wouldn't get
if it had even survived the bulldozer assault but Onida walked to the lot's middle
now Mercy looked down again at the Left Behind rind Onida decided to tell Mercy her own
worrying watermelon seeds that's what they were Onida put them in her pajama pocket what she had been looking for
to Detroit early as soon as dad woke up on Thursday Onida helped her mom with the last minute packing there was no
dough for biscuits and heating oil she had Onida and lamos take turns shaking chicken legs in a bag of flour then they
soft as a baby's breath a sign from the blue lady Onida would have expected the blue
3 weeks now how much longer would it take till the remaining watermelons reached what Onida called the absolute peak of
movie it was an old one a gangster story which was good Onida hated gangster movies but that was the only kind cousin
stopped several feet off as soon as he saw he had their attention come come on Onida stood up from the pipe rail
left the path grown all by the themselves ain't nobody could have put them there watermelons Onida corrected
men so she was in trouble after a while though the men stopped paying attention to Onida they
Dad they sent Royal to bring her home and sat down at the table lighting cigarettes Onida drank her Kool-Aid