Emma Donoghue Quote

Less rotted and she nibbles it smiling. Look, I show her, there’s holes in my cake where the chocolates were till just now. Like craters, she says. She puts her fingertop in one. What’s craters? Holes where something happened. Like a volcano or an explosion or something. I put the green chocolate back in its crater and do ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, boom. It flies up into Outer Space and around into my mouth. My birthday cake is the best thing I ever ate. Ma isn’t hungry for any right now. Skylight’s sucking all the light away, she’s nearly black. It’s the spring equinox, says Ma, I remember it said on TV, the morning you were born. There was still snow that year too. What’s equinox? It means equal, when there’s the same amount of dark and light. It’s too late for any TV because of the cake, Watch says 08:33. My yellow hoody nearly rips my head off when Ma’s pulling it. I get into my sleep T-shirt and brush my teeth while Ma ties up the trash bag and puts it beside Door with our list that I wrote, tonight it says Please, Pasta, Lentils, Tuna, Cheese (if not too $), O.J., Thanks. Can we ask for grapes? They’re good for us. At the bottom Ma puts Grapes if poss (or any fresh fruit or canned). Can I have a story? Just a quick one. What about… GingerJack? She does it really fast and funny, Gingerjack jumps out of the stove and runs and rolls and rolls and runs so nobody can catch him, not the old lady or the old man or the threshers or