You even spelled my name right!"
Sidney said proudly.
We all stared at Harry's gift.
It was an old wooden chair painted white. On the back he'd printed miss MACKLE's READING CHAIR in bright red paint. On the seat was a message: BEWARE: THiS iS FOR THE TEACHER ONLY!
Harry painted black ants and brown tarantulas crawling up and down the legs. Everyone's name in Room 2B was somewhere on the chair.
"Mom helped me with the spelling," Harry said.
"You were right, Harry," Mary said.
"Miss Mackle will love your gift!"
"Let's go outside and sing my song," Ida said.
And we raced outside by the hospital building and got out our sheet music.
"Hmmmmmm." Mary hummed the right note for us.
"Remember," I said. "The words go to the tune of 'Jingle Bells.' "
We all nodded.