Our Only May Amelia: Part 5

By JENNIFER L. HOLM

Wilbert whistles for Bosie. Bosie is not a very good fisherdog. He has caught one fish only, and a small one at that, not enough even for a small child's supper. When he gets out of the water he shakes his scruffy fur and gets Wilbert all wet.

Stop It Bosie! Wilbert yells. Wilbert scowls fiercely and the scar crinkles under his eye from where Kaarlo decked him in a fight.

Let's try and fish, I say. We can get some salmon and surprise Mamma.

Now that Mamma has a baby in her belly she is worn out all the time so I have to help her a lot around the house with the cooking and just about everything. That is why I hope the new baby will be a girl. Then all the hard work will be worth it. Not to mention I am sure tired of being the only girl around here.

The Baby Island is a very small island in the middle of the Nasel River down from our farm. When I was a small child, I used to believe it was where all the babies came from on account of its name. It's a good place for fishing even though it is where the Chinooks bury their dead. I have never seen a dead Indian here but I expect they keep them hid. Those Indians sure are clever.

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $12.95

Age group: 9 plus years