A Text Book Of Higher English Grammar, Composition And…
The garden dissolved. He was back in his chair, soil under his fingernails, the key gone. But the textbook had changed. The cover now read fully: A Text Book Of Higher English Grammar Composition And
In the dusty back corner of St. Jude’s Second Hand Books, young Rohan found it. The cover was a bruised maroon, the spine cracked like old skin. The gold lettering read: A Text Book Of Higher English Grammar, Composition
Rohan, clutching the textbook, dug his fingers into the soil. There, cold and heavy, lay an iron key. Engraved on it was a word: BECAUSE . soil under his fingernails