"Marly!" she shouted , "Jimmy McAllister was in an accident by the school! He's hurt really bad!"
"Oh my God!" I exclaimed choking on tears. "I'll be right there."
I tried to run, blinded by tears. I tripped a few times but finally made it back to the school. I saw that his truck had slid into a ditch alongside17 the school. They were carrying Jimmy into the ambulance on a stretcher. I don't know what made me do it, but I looked inside his badly damaged truck. Laying on the seat was a red rose . Attached to the rose was a card that read, 'for Marly.'
"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.
When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped1 . The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
