CARL MOVED TO Arizona in December. He came from the round, green mountains of Vermont to the Sonoran Desert where the mountains were sharp, brown, and wrinkled. Instead of a jillion snowy evergreens which smelled like home, there were a few prickly cacti that reached up toward a warm, winter sun. Carl was homesick. He missed his friends, the snow, and especially Miss Veronica, his flute teacher.
Carl’s new home was the town of Silverbell. Silverbell sat near a river with the same name. But there was not a drop of water in this so-called river. Its dry, rocky bed snaked through the desert to drop suddenly into a huge, awe-inspiring crack in the earth called—you guessed it—Silverbell Canyon.
Carl hadn’t made any real friends yet. He always walked home…
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Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites And Puzzles For Children And Kids (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2021