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"We could do that," she said "Remember, when you don’t knohat to do, it never hurts to play Scrabble It’s like reading the I Ching or tea leaves"

"Can we please just hurry?" I said

Zofia just looked atto look after the handbag, you have to remember that You have to be patient Can you be patient?"

"I can try," I told her I’ really hard But it isn’t fair Jake is off having adventures and talking to talking ani how to fly and soirl fro him how to speak fluent Baldeziwurleki I bet she lives in a house that runs around on chicken legs, and she tells Jake that she’d love to hear hiuitar Maybe you’ll kiss her, Jake, because she’s put a spell on you But whatever you do, don’t go up into her house Don’t fall asleep in her bed Co with you

I hate those o off and have adventures and irl has to stay hoazine, and I watch Buffy reruns I don’t believe in that kind of shit

We hadn’t been in the library for five an and dropped it in her purse She was definitely stalling for ti to come up with a plan that would counteract the plan that she kneas planning I wondered what she thought I was planning It was probablyI’d come up with

"Don’t do that!" I said

"Don’t worry," Zofia said "Nobody atching"

"I don’t care if nobody saw! What if Jake’s sitting there in the boat, or what if he was co back and you just dropped it on his head!"

"It doesn’t work that way," Zofia said Then she said, "It would serve hiht, anyway"

That hen the librarian ca on as well I was so sick of people and their stupid na to tell you what her name was "I saw that," the librarian said

"Sahat?" Zofia said She smiled down at the librarian, like she was Queen of the Library, and the librarian were a petitioner

The librarian stared hard at her "I know you," she said, al awed, like she was a weekend birdwatcher who had just seen Bigfoot "We have your picture on the office wall You’re Ms Swinks You aren’t allowed to check out books here"

"That’s ridiculous," Zofia said She was at least two feet taller than the librarian I felt a bit sorry for the librarian After all, Zofia had just stolen a seven-day book She probably wouldn’t return it for a hundred years My mother has always made it clear that it’s uess I was Zofia’s guardian before I beca

The librarian reached up and grabbed Zofia’s handbag She was s and Zofia stuainst a work desk I couldn’t believe it Everyone except for uardian was I going to be?