Upchuck and the Rotten Willy
By Bill Wallace
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Bill Wallace
Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun. One of the most memorable trips took place on the far side of Lake Lawtonka, at the base of Mt. Scott. He and his best friend, Gary, spent the day shooting shad with bow and arrows, cutting bank poles, and getting ready to go when their dads got home from work. Although there was no "monster" in Lake Lawtonka, one night there was a "sneak attack" by a rather large catfish tail. Checking the bank poles was not nearly as fun or "free" after that point, but it was the inspiration for this story. Bill Wallace has won nineteen children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
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Upchuck and the Rotten Willy - Bill Wallace
CHAPTER 2
We spent a while soaking up the morning sunshine. It was beautiful day. After a time, the wind picked up and shook our limb.
I looked over at my best friend. His eyes were closed, but every now and then his ear twitched when the wind tickled the little hairs down inside. I moved closer. He peeked out of one eye when he felt the limb bend under my weight. I sat down and curled my tail under my bottom.
We need to talk.
So talk,
he purred and closed his eye. Got a new dog-joke you just thought up?
Even though his eyes were closed and he couldn’t see me, I shook my head.
"No. I mean really talk."
He cocked his eye again. About what?
I took a deep breath and sighed.
Louie.
Tom curled tighter into his ball. I don’t want to talk about Louie. I don’t even want to think about him.
I moved closer.
Please.
No.
Why?
Because!
His tail flipped around to cover his eye. I reached out a paw and pulled it aside. The eye popped open. The yellow slit that ran up and down in the middle grew so tight it glowed like a streak of fire.
Why?
I repeated.
For only an instant, the fur puffed up on his tail. He took a deep breath and sighed. When he did, the hair smoothed down.
It hurts too much to talk about him. I try my best not to even think about him. He was a good cat. He was fun to be with. He ran out in the street and got hit by a car. Now he’s dead. There’s nothing else to say.
With that, he closed his eye and wrapped his tail back over his head. I sat for a long time, watching him. Thinking. Maybe there was nothing else to say. Maybe it was best to forget our friend—there was nothing we could do for him. There was no way we could change what had happened. So, if Tom didn’t want to talk about him, that was