It was a wild summer. As soon as school closed, Wee Stevie went into hospital for surgery, and then his ma kept him housed for a week to recover. He missed building the tree-hut (Big Rodney borrowed his da’s hammer and nails without asking). He missed sharpening sticks into spears with Big Rodney’s penknife. He missed catching sticklebacks in the river with Big Rodney’s fishing net and bucket. But eventually, his head came bobbing through tall, distant grass, as he...
