Alvin is troubled.

I don’t know why.

He looks around with a weird eye.

He walks around the house like he was looking for something, but he never finds it.

Is little brother sick?

I told Ma, but she is too busy taking care of little sister.

Little sister is a baby, so Ma can’t take care of little brother.

She said I should help him. Because I’m big brother.

So I have been hugging him really hard in my sleep.

But he isn’t getting better.

Then I tried playing with him. There’s a play Ralphe taught me. It’s like this. You go and you touch the person. Then you run and they have to catch you. It’s fun.

But little brother doesn’t want to play with me.

Little brother never plays. He just trains all day long. He is like Ann. How boring.

Bo-bo-boring brother!

But brother is still weird.

What should I do?

Ah!

Grandma knows! Grandma always know!

So I will talk to grandma!

She will fix little brother for me, and everything will be nice!

That is it!

I’m smart.