Mikey Page #3

But what about the other kid?

What other kid?

The kid you had before me.

Mikey, listen to me.

There was no other kid.

But what about

all the stuff in my room?

We brought all that stuff for you.

Rachel and I have wanted

a child for a very long time.

Why didn't you just have one?

Not everyone can have babies.

We adopted you

because we wanted you.

And we both love you very much.

I love you too.

Dad, look! Radical!

Yeah, radical.

You want to give it a try?

Yeah.

Now, do it.

Yeah!

Whoa! Chief, you're

a natural at this.

Good morning. Happy monday.

- Hi.

- Hi. Hello.

Go. Go.

He'll be fine.

You guys, settle down.

Hi, Mikey.

I'd like you to meet Mikey Trenton.

Mikey just moved here.

But, with our help,

I'm sure he'll have no problem

at all catching up; right?

- Right!

- Right!

Okay. Why don't you

give him a big welcome?

- Hi, Mikey.

- Hi, Mikey.

Go sit down.

All right.

Does anybody have their arts

and crafts project ready yet?

I do.

You do, huh? Let's see it.

This is wonderful.

So what time is it, class?

When we do something special,

Miss Gilder puts marbles in.

When it's full, the door opens

and we all get prize.

You get it, Mikey?

Yes, Miss Gilder.

I wonder what the prize is.

Probably something dumb.

I think she's neat.

That's because she's

a friend of your mom's.

I love my mom.

Hey, I know a shortcut.

Through the cemetery?

Yeah. You scared?

- No.

- You sure?

Okay.

It must be weird to have

just one parent to love you.

- Both my parents love me.

- My mom loves me.

- So why don't you have a dad?

- He died.

- Did you see him die?

- No. He died in a hospital.

Did you touch him?

No! How'd your parents die?

Why do you think

my parents are dead?

You're adopted,

so I just sort of figured.

They're not.

Mikey!

Mikey!

Mikey, quit it!

Mikey. Mikey, come on.

Mikey, where are you?

Mikey!

Mikey?

Mikey, what do you doing?

Are you okay?

Dead people aren't

the ones to be scared of.

Living people are.

That's very good.

It's self-contained.

I love it.

I read in this book

when a child draws water,

it means he's adventurous

and broad-minded.

Not bad. Maybe we have another

Christopher Columbus

on our hands.

What's a swimming girl mean?

I was just looking that up.

"A person swimming is symbolic

of a desire for freedom,"

"a feeling of being caged. "

It means the parents need

to loosen their grip a bit.

God. Are we being

overbearing already?

Come on, honey.

Don't make fun of it.

- Howdy!

- Hi, Mikey.

I really, really like your drawing.

Can I go ride my bike?

Absolutely.

Come home whenever

you want to;

right, Neil?

Sure. Whenever you want.

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