CHAPTER 18
The sun was all bright and shiny when I woke up in the morning, and I knowed it was going to be a special day on account of the happy feel I got in my belly even before I remembered Auntie’s promise to take us to the new house to have a look. And the funny thing was I slept in so late ’cause Auntie almost always waked with the sun, and soon as we heard her the rest of us would be getting up, too.
So that little bit of my happiness lost its balance for a second, but then I thought maybe Auntie was outside or whatnot planning us a fun surprise, except she weren’t. She was laying in bed, and I tried to wake her up and give her a little bit of a hard time for sleeping in so late — in a teasing way, not in a mean one — but she opened her eyes and said, “I’m real tired, Ginkgo. Woul
