My name is Lily Madwip and this is an epilogue.

My name is Lily Madwip.

My name is Simon Werner, says the orange-haired girl sitting beside me.

She pulls out a binder with a picture of a cat on it.

The poor kiddie is hanging from a tree and is being told to just hang in there.

Someone should get that kitten down from the tree, the branch does not look safe.

Simon is sitting on my desk.

This is Pasha, I say.

I make Pasha salute.

He says hello, but she can't hear him.

Hello, Pasha, says Simon.

Simon is a new student in Mrs. Carter Dog Bill's class.

She transferred here from Ohio.

Her father works as a law clerk and her mother is an accountant.

I know this because Pasha told me while Mrs. Carter Dog Bill was having Simon introduce

herself to the rest of the class.

The rest of the class only learned about Ohio and that Simon likes geography and chocolate

chip bagels.

Lewis Brody turns around in his chair.

He smiles at Simon.

Lewis Brody almost never smiles.

It looks unnatural like if someone drew lips on a church gargoyle.

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