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from falling over. Funny. I probably never would have met Cris if this apple
tree hadnтАЩt been here. But I climbed it and there Cris was. Jeremy leans
over the apple-arm like heтАЩs done it a hundred times.

тАЬHow did a castle get out here? There isnтАЩt any road.тАЭ HeтАЩs still
fuss-ing. тАЬHey look!тАЭ He points. тАЬIs that your friend? In the wheelchair?тАЭ

тАЬYeah, thatтАЩs Cris.тАЭ I grab the apple branches and kind of let myself
down, kind of slide down the wall.

тАЬHi, Melanie.тАЭ Cris tries to push the wheelchair closer, but the vines
that grow all over the ground always seem to tangle up in the wheels. They
remind me of skinny, green Mr. Beasleys, and I donтАЩt think they like me any
more than he does. At least theyтАЩre always trying to wrap around my ankles
and trip me. I donтАЩt know how he gets into the castle at night. Maybe his
uncle carries him. I wonder why they donтАЩt just get a Weed Eater and chop
all those vines down.

Cris doesnтАЩt look good. His brown arms are real skinny and his black
hair is stuck to his forehead today, like heтАЩs been sweating, but itтАЩs only May
and not very warm at all. His words are the color of dog poop.

тАЬI canтАЩt make these vines let go.тАЭ He gives up and slumps in his chair.
тАЬHi,тАЭ he says, as Jeremy kind of falls down the wall. тАЬNice to meet you. IтАЩm
Cris.тАЭ

тАЬHi, IтАЩm Jeremy.тАЭ Jeremy shakes what looks like a birdтАЩs nest out of
his hair. тАЬIтАЩve lived here all my life and never heard of a castle back in here.тАЭ
He looks around. тАЬThis is so cool.тАЭ

тАЬOh, itтАЩs a true-shape.тАЭ Cris shrugs. тАЬYou probably saw something
else here is all. You know ... a house or a barn or something.тАЭ

Jeremy looks real blank. Okay, here goes.

тАЬHeтАЩs magic, Jeremy,тАЭ I say. тАЬThereтАЩs this whole world around us and
we donтАЩt even know itтАЩs there.тАЭ You know, I used to think IтАЩd maybe made it
up, like my teachers said, all the stuff I used to see when my mom was
around. But then I found Cris and he told me I wasnтАЩt making it all up. тАЬYou
just donтАЩt usually see it,тАЭ I tell Jeremy. тАЬUnless youтАЩre around some-body
magic.тАЭ
 тАЬOoookay,тАЭ Jeremy finally says, real slow. He gives me this look, like
he thinks IтАЩm jerking him around. And I could get Cris to show him, but IтАЩm
too worried.

тАЬWe got a new principal today,тАЭ I blurt out. тАЬCris, heтАЩs like you. Weird
stuff happened when he walked in the room.тАЭ

тАЬPuking is weird?тАЭ Jeremy gives me another look.