Ramona, A Desk and Bullies

Ramona

Ana snuggled up on the couch this weekend and asked me, “Mama, what does ‘crestfallen’ mean?”  

“Well, ‘crestfallen’ is kind of like being really sad and disappointed about something.  Where did you hear that word?”

“I didn’t hear it.  I read it.  You know like, ‘Ramona was crestfallen.’”

The much loved copy of Ramona from my childhood was laying on the couch.  Ana’s questions made much more sense now.  She’s in the “advanced” track at school, but even so, none of her spelling or vocabulary words are quite so picturesque as “crestfallen.”

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