John Wolf

teacher had asked us all to draw a picture of our family, and I'd included uncle Dashaun, he and Daddy in their uniforms next to Mom and me. But when I stood in front of the class to talk about my drawing, Billy Stevens told me uncle Dashaun couldn't be my uncle, because I was white and uncle Dashaun was black. And I said 'We're blue, you jerk!', and I ran over and punched him right in the nose. I was mad. Mom was not impressed. Daddy didn't say anything, he left it to Mom. But after she was out of the room, he got down on his knees and gave me a big hug and a kiss in my hair. He still didn't say anything, but I knew it was going to be okay, that