Earthquake
“Dai Yue spun around, recognizing Miss Agatha Toland’s voice. She was coming toward them, walking as fast as she could. She was still pulling the child’s toy wagon that held the gray parrot’s cage. The big bird paced on its perch, tilting its head one way, then the other. It whistled.
Miss Toland stepped toward them. “What are you two doing here all alone?”
Dai Yue looked at Brendan, hoping he would speak for them both. It was so hard for her to find the strange Fon Kwei words in her mind. It was as though they swam away from her, slippery and elusive.
“We’ve just been walking. . . .” Brendan shook his head in wonderment.
Dai Yue saw Miss Toland smile. “I thought I’d go to the camp they’re setting up in Lafayette Square until they let me go home. No one seems to know what the fires will do. This whole city is going to be reduced to tents and makeshift shelters in the blink of an eye.”
Dai Yue looked at her. Miss Toland’s clothing was smeared with dirt. Her hair was still spiky and uncombed.
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