Chapter 36
Ciaran’s little hands gripped the ledge outside his room’s window tightly, and he climbed out to the roof. There was no way he was going to be grounded in his room for a week. He was four, and he was entitled to make a case with his father. If Father listened.
Father always encouraged Tadgh to talk. And that was fair enough because his brother was just learning to talk. But Ciaran knew he was able to speak at a level beyond his age. If it wasn’t true, would Father have given him books in philosophy last year?
So why had Father just grounded him this time without even listening to his reasons?
Those wild dogs had attacked and killed Dew, his German shepherd. What was wrong with a little retaliation?
And he didn’t do much damage or hurt anyone. He had mixed the explosive, and
