A Secret Note

 A Secret Note

“I see.” Those were the two words on the note. Kevin found it on his bunk at Camp Wall-A-Way. It was tucked just under the top edge of his blanket so he couldn’t miss it.

The past few days—during his first time here—had been great! But this note changed everything.

Kevin looked around quickly. Joey, the nosy kid from yesterday, seemed to be busy reading a letter from home. A couple of kids were fooling around near the rickety1 porch door. No one in the cabin seemed to be paying any attention to him. No one seemed to be waiting to see a scared or surprised look.

What did the note mean? Who had written it? Was it from someone he knew from home? He couldn’t even consider it. It would be too much to find out his secret had followed him here to camp.

He decided to hope for the best. He would pretend everything was fine. Maybe there would be no more notes. Maybe this one meant something else.

For two days, Kevin acted as if he was having a great time. He played tether2 ball with the kids from his cabin. He learned to paddle a canoe. He even pretended to like tying lanyards.3 He volunteered to help in the kitchen. He got picked for the baseball team. Catcher! Everybody seemed friendly. Nothing seemed out of order. After a while, Kevin even convinced himself he didn’t have to act like he was having a good time. He was having a good time.

Then the third day he came into the cabin after swim practice. Another camper was leaning over his bunk. He had a piece of paper in his hand.