Drabble for Midnight Book Girl (since I have Gone-Away on the brain this week)

idea from Midnight Book Girl's mini-challenge:


Portia and Julian watched the rain streaming down the windows. It was too wet out even for Foster and Davey which meant no visits to Gone-Away to see Aunt Minnehaha and Uncle Pin. Of course, it also meant no pulling weeds for Julian's mother.

"Say, Porsh" -- [I do wish he wouldn't call me that, Portia thought] "What about Dewey's Read-a-Thon!?"

And so, they settled in to read the rest of the rainy day [and night], Portia with Wuthering Heights, Julian with a lepidoptery book, and the little boys with their space books, occasionally adding their own sound effects.