โWhen we were kids, the Phonics Wizard came to our town to show off how the letter E can change the sounds of vowels. He turned a can into a cane, a pin into a pine. This one kid had a cap and he changed it into a cape, that kind of thing.
โAnd we loved it, we were all having a great time, but then he saw my sister and I, and he just got this - this look in his eyes, and then-โ
She hesitated, worrying the coarse material between her fingers. โThings got pretty bad after that,โ she muttered. โI know itโs silly, but I try to keep - her - comfortable. We donโt know if she can still hear us, or see us, or if sheโs even still in here, but I like to think she is. I talk to her when I can, I leave music on when Iโm out of the house. I tried to convince my parents to bring her with us when we went to Disneyland, but they didnโt - didnโt really take that well.โ
After a moment, she put the ball of twine back onto its pillow. โAnyways. They tried to arrest the Phonics Wizard, but he had a plan in case something went wrong and he turned it into a plane and flew away.โ
