A Calf Named Brian Higgins
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Kiano looked at Hannah. She said, “Do you want to
hang out with us?” Unable to imagine a boy wanting to
hang out and make jewelry, she hoped he would.
“Sure,” he said and they walked back into Wilkister’s
room.
“What you do is fun back home, Hannah?” Kiano
asked. “Since we know is not to make necklace.” Hannah
looked at her mismatched beads and jabbed Kiano in the
arm.
“Very funny!” she said as she untangled more beads
from her string. “I really like to run. I am on the cross-
country team at school. That means we . . . ”
“I know cross-country!” Kiano interrupted. “I watch
Olympic Games and Kenya runners are fast.”
“They sure are!” Hannah agreed. “I love watching the
Olympics. And yes, Kenyan runners always get the gold
medals.” She thought for a moment. No electricity. No
TV. No Internet. No computer. “Where do you watch?”
she asked.
“My uncles take me sometime to Kisumu where there
is Mon Ami Club.”
Hannah dropped her necklace and beads scattered
everywhere. Crawling around on the dirt floor collecting
the beads, she said, “I’ve been to Mon Ami Club! And my
Uncle Brian used to go there all the time.”
“My uncle use to go there,” Kiano said sadly. “But I
still go with my other uncle the next time Olympic Games.”
