Vera’s Quiet Sunglasses — Beside the rolled towel, Vera tapped her round sunglasses: click-click, her best summer sound. Read the full story →
Beside the rolled towel, Vera tapped her round sunglasses: click-click, her best summer sound. She wanted to wear them all the way to the snack hut, where the lemon ice smelled sweet and cold. Then she saw Mr. Ollo squinting at a faded sign by his shell basket.
The sand was hot, hot, hot under Vera’s flip-flops. She walked over and held out the sunglasses. “Try mine,” she said. Mr. Ollo read the sign, smiled, and tucked one striped shell into her hand. Vera went back without lemon ice, but with shade still warm on her nose and a secret shell in her pocket. Can you spot the quiet sunglasses that helped when nobody was watching?