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Dear Diary,
I am very sad today. The eye-doctor told me that I'm not going to be able to be a pilot because I have to wear glasses. That means I am NEVER going to be able to be a pilot AND I have to wear my glasses at school so the mean boys are going to push me again. But my new friend Martin Davenport promised he wouldn't let them. And Mum said that I could still be an air-steward so I'd get to be on a plane like G-Erti and maybe even get to do a cabin-addresssometimes. That would be fun. I asked Mum what 'significant-other' means. She said it means boyfriend or girlfriend and the mean boys will push me more if I say that Martin is my 'significant-other'. I still think I'd like him to be though. Because he shared his ham sandwiches with me again. It was brightand sunny today but it didn't make me happy. Mum has invented a code for me. It's called Code-Red. She says it if she want me to go away but doesn't want to say go away. Douglas came back to school today and told us another story. It was about something called smuggling. Smuggling is where you sneak things into another country. It sounds fun. I told Douglas I might get to be an air-steward when I am older and he said that that is a very important job. This made a happier. Dad came home today. He didn't stay for very long ad when he left he had some boxes with 'Gordon' written on them. Gordon is Dad's name. He left some boxes with 'Carolyn' written on them. Carolyn is Mum's name. I don't understand but I think it's going to be sad. I don't miss Dad anymore when he's not here. I like it being just me and Mum. But Mum seems sad. And I don't like that.

Lots of love, Arthur.