Mr. Donovan and Mrs. Stanton let me stay in the Groove
even though my moon is gone
and I couldn’t show the judge
the best part of my project—the moon and its phases.
He could only look through the holes of the moon box
and imagine how my moon would look
with the flashlight shining on it from different angles.
He could not know how beautiful my moon was
and how hard I worked on it.
The worst part about all this—
worse than having my moon stolen—
is that I’m now in Group B,
and I won’t win first prize.
And David’s water mill
moved into my spot in Group A.
David won’t look at me
as we stand beside our projects,
waiting for the results.