The Child

The most suspicious thing likely to make a librarian raise an eyebrow.

The Child
Bodhisattwa Parekh


A child approaches the reference desk.
Not for a book on dinosaurs.
Not helping with the homework.
He is setting down a single, perfectly peeled orange.
Then whisper for the Dewey Decimal System.
The librarian blinks, slowly.

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Prize Prompt:
The most suspicious thing likely to make a librarian raise an eyebrow.