Alice in the Moon
The Hooman Saga
Reeks: The Hooman Saga
C. C. Brower ; S. H. Marpel
- I
- was
- Queen
- of
- the
- World.
- Until
- I
- wasn't.
- One
- moment
- I
- was
- in
- chains
- and
- bleeding,
- the
- next
- I
- was
- fine
- -
- but
- dressed
- in
- red.Someone
- had
- played
- a
- dirty
- trick
- on
- me.
- They'd
- dressed
- me
- in
- a
- red
- cartoon
- outfit
- -
- like
- a
- Queen.
- But
- not
- my
- usual
- goth
- black.And
- I
- also
- couldn't
- get
- out
- of
- it.
- Buttons
- too
- high
- on
- my
- back.
- Hoops
- and
- petticoats
- I
- couldn't
- reach
- under
- to
- get
- free
- of.Someone
- was
- going
- to
- pay
- for
- this.That
- little
- Sue
- Regniald
- was
- the
- last
- person
- I'd
- seen.
- And
- here
- she
- comes
- now.Are
- you
- kidding
- me?
- She's
- got
- a
- baby-blue
- fluffy
- dress,
- white
- apron,
- red
- sash
- around
- her
- middle,
- a
- blue
- ribbon
- in
- her
- blond
- hair
- -
- where
- have
- I
- seen
- that?NO.
- We're
- in
- Looking-glass
- Land!
- Like
- I
- said
- -
- somebody's
- going
- to
- pay...Excerpt:I
- ran
- at
- Sue
- to
- knock
- her
- down.Or
- tried
- to,
- anyway.These
- hoops
- and
- petticoats
- made
- running
- extremely
- difficult.
- I
- had
- to
- use
- both
- hands
- to
- hold
- them
- up
- away
- from
- my
- feet
- front
- and
- back.
- But
- those
- hands
- were
- the
- ones
- I
- wanted
- around
- Sue's
- throat.Nobody,
- but
- nobody
- ever
- treated
- me
- this
- way.On
- top
- of
- that,
- she
- was
- uphill
- from
- me,
- and
- it
- was
- all
- grassy.
- My
- flat,
- squared-off
- shoes
- didn't
- seem
- to
- have
- any
- tread
- to
- them,
- and
- the
- grass
- juice
- made
- things
- slick
- real
- fast.She
- was
- just
- standing
- there,
- with
- the
- light
- wind
- swishing
- her
- fluffy
- blue
- dress
- and
- white
- apron.
- Her
- long,
- wavy,
- blond
- hair
- was
- somehow
- keeping
- out
- of
- her
- eyes
- –
- that
- blue
- satin
- ribbon
- was
- doing
- the
- trick.
- Like
- that
- red
- sash
- around
- her
- waist
- was
- keeping
- her
- dress
- and
- apron
- in
- some
- sort
- of
- order..But
- her
- smile
- was
- the
- most
- irritating
- of
- all.As
- ticked
- off
- as
- she
- made
- me,
- my
- top
- speed
- –
- with
- all
- this
- buffoon-wear
- I
- was
- lugging
- around
- –
- ended
- up
- only
- as
- a
- fast
- walk.Not
- that
- any
- of
- this
- helped
- my
- temper.
- But
- the
- amount
- of
- work
- it
- took
- to
- get
- that
- fast
- walk
- left
- me
- out
- of
- breath
- and
- sweaty.Sue
- just
- watched
- from
- up
- there
- with
- her
- innocent
- smile.But
- I
- was
- determined.I
- slogged
- on
- as
- I
- could,
- while
- she
- just
- waited.At
- last
- I
- was
- within
- arm's
- reach
- and
- she
- simply
- stepped
- out
- of
- the
- way
- –
- and
- tripped
- me.Flat
- on
- my
- face.
- Again.At
- least
- this
- time
- she
- didn't
- put
- her
- knee
- into
- my
- back
- and
- chain
- my
- arms
- together.
- And
- I
- didn't
- get
- any
- split
- lip
- or
- bloody
- nose.Soft
- grass
- is
- better
- than
- landing
- on
- hard,
- tiled
- floor.Rolling
- over
- is
- easier
- in
- hoops,
- though.I
- only
- saw
- Sue's
- face
- again,
- more
- concerned
- than
- trying
- to
- rub
- salt
- in
- the
- wound.
- And
- just
- got
- my
- elbows
- up
- underneath
- me
- and
- looked
- back
- at
- her."Why'd
- you
- have
- to
- trip
- me?""Because
- it
- was
- a
- quick
- way
- of
- ending
- your
- silly
- parade.
- You'd
- have
- to
- catch
- your
- breath
- that
- way
- and
- think
- things
- over."She
- was
- right
- about
- that.
- This
- meant
- a
- lot
- more
- strategy."Well?
- Aren't
- you
- going
- to
- help
- me
- up?""I
- don't
- think
- so.
- Not
- because
- it
- isn't
- the
- polite
- thing
- to
- do,
- but
- you
- really
- haven't
- cooled
- off
- yet.
- You'd
- just
- pull
- me
- down
- on
- you
- somehow
- and
- we'd
- wrestle
- around
- on
- this
- grass
- until
- I
- hurt
- you
- again.
- Meanwhile,
- I'd
- get
- grass
- stains
- on
- this
- pretty
- dress."So,
- she
- saw
- through
- that
- tactic.Scroll
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