Status: Work In Progress

Riley Wyler

Dear Diary

Date: Friday 15 2000
Age: 6
Entry number: 8

Dear Diary,
Today mom and dad are yelling. Sloan is sad. She is sitting on the stairs hearing all the mean things they are saying. I do not know what they are fighting about, but it sounds like mom wants to go away. In the morning mom was crying but she would not tell me why. She never tells me why she cries. I tried telling Sadie but she told me to get lost.

I got out of the house and went to my pond. It is night time. I brought the fish food from home to feed the little fishes. I tried asking God why mom and dad were fighting but he did not know either. When I come to my pond I feel better. I like the sound of water. Mom and Dad and Sadie are all in bed right now. I should be in bed too, but I had to come to my pond first. I had to tell my fishes what happened. I think they heard me, and they do not run away from me like Sadie does. My fishes do not tell me to go away. Good night Diary.