hurried ahead and opened it.
I stood back and watched her carry him up the
stairs to our room. She told me to pull his blanket
back, and she set him softly onto his bed. After she
began to undress him, she sent me for a pair of
scissors and used them to cut his pants leg so that she
could slip his pants off. After that she put pillows
under his broken leg.
Im going to let an ice pack and something for
him to take so he can sleep for a while," she said.
"Stay with him and just keep him calm and still," she
told me.
Noble groaned. His face was streaked with
charcoal channels his tears had drawn over his cheeks
and down his chin. I took the washcloth and very
lightly wiped them away.
He kept his eyes on me. I thought he looked
half asleep already,. Before I spoke. I looked back at
the doorway to be sure Mommy hadn't returned. "You didn't really feel someone push you up in
the tree, did you. Noble?"
"Yes." he said.
Mommy returned with the ice pack. a glass of
water, and one of her herbal drinks. She gave it him
and made swallow it.
"I want you to sleep for a while. Noble." "It hurts." he complained.
"I know it hurts, and it will hurt for quite a
while. Celeste will stay with you and keep this ice
pack on your leg. She will get you what you need,"
she added.
She put my hand around the ice pack. "Keep it an as long as you can. When he