The summer before, Patsy and her mother had driven to the other side of the lake to buy shampoo at the drugstore. The other side of the lake was nothing too exciting: strip malls and gas stations, with a shopping mall in the middle. But before she told Bart the truth, she wanted to know what he was imagining. It would be more fun to burst his bubble that way. it to me,” she said. me everything that’s on the side of the “Describe “Tell lake.” obviously. But much bigger ones, I bet. The kind we saw at the natural history “Fish, museum last year—like the kind that have the little lamp hanging in front of their eyes. I bet there’s a whole bunch of those. And birds, too—obviously—but great big huge ones. Not just seagulls and stuff—falcons, hawks, and snowy owls.” bald eagles, too, I bet.” “And of them.” “Tons you know what they call a group of eagles?” “Do don’t know…a flock?” “I convocation.” “A way.” “No true! I learned it in science class last year.” “It’s if I went to the other side of the lake, I’d see a convocation of eagles?” “So
The summer before, Patsy and her mother had driven to the other side of the lake to buy shampoo at the drugstore. The other side of the lake was nothing too exciting: strip malls and gas stations, with a shopping mall in the middle. But before she told Bart the truth, she wanted to know what he was imagining. It would be more fun to burst his bubble that way. “Describe it to me,” she said. “Tell me everything that’s on the side of the lake.” “Fish, obviously. But much bigger ones, I bet. The kind we saw at the natural history museum last year—like the kind that have the little lamp hanging in front of their eyes. I bet there’s a whole bunch of those. And birds, too—obviously—but great big huge ones. Not just seagulls and stuff—falcons, hawks, and snowy owls.” “And bald eagles, too, I bet.” “Tons of them.” “Do you know what they call a group of eagles?” “I don’t know…a flock?” “A convocation.” “No way.” “It’s true! I learned it in science class last year.” “So if I went to the other side of the lake, I’d see a convocation of eagles?”
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