what Annette was telling her.
Don’t take score too soon, Sara. Sara heard Solomon’s voice in her head. You have stood in many places that looked worse than this one—and things have always worked out before. Don’t give in to negative speculation.
Annette looked as if she were about to cry. And while Sara was still shaken by Annette’s terrible news, Solomon’s words had
soothed her somewhat, because Sara knew he was right.
“Annette, don’t worry,” Sara tried to console her friend. “We’ve had experiences sort of like this before, and everything
turned out all right.”
“I guess,” Annette said flatly.
“No, really, Annette. Mr. Wilsenholm owns all of the land where the tree house is. I think he owns about half of the town.
Anyway, when he found out we were swinging from his trees, he freaked out, and he ordered the trees along the river to be
cut down.”
“You’re kidding?” Annette said. “All of those lovely trees? That’s just awful.”
“Yes, but Annette, that’s what I’m telling you. He didn’t cut them down. He changed his mind. Solomon says we can change anything
around to the way we want it—just by changing our own thoughts.”
The bell rang and the girls both jumped. It was hard to pull away from this intense and important subject and go back to the
boredom of the next class. Sara wanted to explain to Annette how Mrs. Wilsenholm, after witnessing Sara’s amazing rescue of
her kitten from high in the tree, had convinced her husband that Sara and Seth were really very safe in the trees. How there
had been so many examples of things seeming to be going terribly wrong, and how Sara and Seth, with Solomon’s guidance, had
been able to change their thoughts, which changed the way they felt—which brought about wonderful solutions.
She wanted to tell Annette about the time that Seth’s family was being forced to leave Sara’s town because his father had
lost his job at the hardware store, and how happy Sara and Seth had been when Mr. Wilsenholm had offered him a job as the
foreman of his ranch. And, then, how awful they had felt when Seth’s father refused to take the new job, but then how he had changed his mind once he understood the
whole situation better. In the short time Sara had known Seth, there had been so much evidence of well-being in the face of
what initially felt like crisis.
“Everything will work out all right,” Sara tried to console Annette. “Let’s meet at the tree house after school.”
“I hope Solomon can help us fix this, Sara.”
“It’ll be okay,” Sara said again. “You’ll see.”
“Oh, I hope so,” Annette said, walking backward in the direction of her classroom.
I hope so, too, Sara said under her breath, realizing that she wasn’t feeling quite as confident as she was trying to sound.
C HAPTER 20
Figuring Out What They Want
A s Sara walked toward the tree house, she got madder and madder. She’d been thinking about what Solomon had said, about how
the human body heals, and how when you feel good there is less resistance so that the body can heal even faster. Seth’s parents are so stupid, Sara thought. Instead of helping Seth feel good, they’re punishing him by forbidding him to do the thing he loves most in the whole world. They’re going to keep him from healing!
“Sara, wait up!” Sara heard Seth’s voice calling from behind.
She felt embarrassed that Seth would catch her right in the middle of the most negative thought that she had, maybe, ever
thought. She tried to change her mood quickly, but the look on her face gave her away.
“Sara, what’s wrong? You look like your cat just got run over for the tenth time or something.”
Sara laughed. “No problem. My cat has unlimited lifetimes.”
“I guess Annette told you that I’ve been temporarily exiled.” Seth tried to sound playful.
“Yeah, I heard.”
“Sara, don’t worry about this. We’ve been through way worse things than this.
Don’t take score too soon, Sara. Sara heard Solomon’s voice in her head. You have stood in many places that looked worse than this one—and things have always worked out before. Don’t give in to negative speculation.
Annette looked as if she were about to cry. And while Sara was still shaken by Annette’s terrible news, Solomon’s words had
soothed her somewhat, because Sara knew he was right.
“Annette, don’t worry,” Sara tried to console her friend. “We’ve had experiences sort of like this before, and everything
turned out all right.”
“I guess,” Annette said flatly.
“No, really, Annette. Mr. Wilsenholm owns all of the land where the tree house is. I think he owns about half of the town.
Anyway, when he found out we were swinging from his trees, he freaked out, and he ordered the trees along the river to be
cut down.”
“You’re kidding?” Annette said. “All of those lovely trees? That’s just awful.”
“Yes, but Annette, that’s what I’m telling you. He didn’t cut them down. He changed his mind. Solomon says we can change anything
around to the way we want it—just by changing our own thoughts.”
The bell rang and the girls both jumped. It was hard to pull away from this intense and important subject and go back to the
boredom of the next class. Sara wanted to explain to Annette how Mrs. Wilsenholm, after witnessing Sara’s amazing rescue of
her kitten from high in the tree, had convinced her husband that Sara and Seth were really very safe in the trees. How there
had been so many examples of things seeming to be going terribly wrong, and how Sara and Seth, with Solomon’s guidance, had
been able to change their thoughts, which changed the way they felt—which brought about wonderful solutions.
She wanted to tell Annette about the time that Seth’s family was being forced to leave Sara’s town because his father had
lost his job at the hardware store, and how happy Sara and Seth had been when Mr. Wilsenholm had offered him a job as the
foreman of his ranch. And, then, how awful they had felt when Seth’s father refused to take the new job, but then how he had changed his mind once he understood the
whole situation better. In the short time Sara had known Seth, there had been so much evidence of well-being in the face of
what initially felt like crisis.
“Everything will work out all right,” Sara tried to console Annette. “Let’s meet at the tree house after school.”
“I hope Solomon can help us fix this, Sara.”
“It’ll be okay,” Sara said again. “You’ll see.”
“Oh, I hope so,” Annette said, walking backward in the direction of her classroom.
I hope so, too, Sara said under her breath, realizing that she wasn’t feeling quite as confident as she was trying to sound.
C HAPTER 20
Figuring Out What They Want
A s Sara walked toward the tree house, she got madder and madder. She’d been thinking about what Solomon had said, about how
the human body heals, and how when you feel good there is less resistance so that the body can heal even faster. Seth’s parents are so stupid, Sara thought. Instead of helping Seth feel good, they’re punishing him by forbidding him to do the thing he loves most in the whole world. They’re going to keep him from healing!
“Sara, wait up!” Sara heard Seth’s voice calling from behind.
She felt embarrassed that Seth would catch her right in the middle of the most negative thought that she had, maybe, ever
thought. She tried to change her mood quickly, but the look on her face gave her away.
“Sara, what’s wrong? You look like your cat just got run over for the tenth time or something.”
Sara laughed. “No problem. My cat has unlimited lifetimes.”
“I guess Annette told you that I’ve been temporarily exiled.” Seth tried to sound playful.
“Yeah, I heard.”
“Sara, don’t worry about this. We’ve been through way worse things than this.
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