“Hello, Mr. P, she said. “Do you want to play?
“What did you have in mind? I asked, with a twinge of annoyance.
“I don’t know, you say.
“How about charades? I asked sarcastically.
The tinkling laughter burst forth again. “I don’t know what that is.
“Then let’s just walk. Looking at her, I noticed the delicate fairness of her face. “Where do you live? I asked.
“Over there. She pointed toward a row of summer cottages. Strange, I thought, in winter.
“Where do you go to school?
“I don’t go to school. Mommy says we’re on vacation. She chattered little girl talk as we strolled up the beach, but my mind was on other things. When I left for home, Wendy said it had been a happy day. Feeling surprisingly better, I smiled at her and agreed.
Three weeks later, I rushed to my beach in a state of near panic. I was in no mood to even greet Wendy. I thought I saw her mother on the porch and felt like demanding she keep her child at home.
“Look, if you don’t mind, I said crossly when Wendy caught up with me, “I’d rather be alone today. She seemed unusually pale and out of breath.
“Why? she asked.
I turned to her and shouted, “Because my mother died! and thought, “My God, why was I saying this to a little child?
“Oh, she said quietly, “then this is a bad day.
“Yes, I said, “and yesterday and the day before and — oh, go away!
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