I WAIT FOR THE POLICE ALL DAY.

They do not come. I think about good and bad and James Bond. Is he a good guy just because he is on our side? If he was on the other side wuld he still be a good guy? And what if we were on the other side? Wuld he be a bad guy even tho he is James Bond? I start to get confused and switch to thinking about Grampa. Was he bad or good? I gess it depends what side you are on.

Vi is good. She doesnt like Lubor and she kissed me. That’s one way to tell if someone is good. If they kiss you.

I keep looking out the window to see if the police are coming. A truck goes by and a car—but not a police car. It slides sideways down the road. It is not going 40—more like 10. A mask guy comes down with a sandwich and some more water. He takes me to the bathroom.

1 time when I am looking out the window I see the guys in the black masks working behind the wood fence with shovels and you will never believe what they are doing. Go on gess.

They are getting ready to skate.

There is a rink inside the fence and they are cleaning it. It doesnt take them long. Soon they are skating. I see them bent over going fast and faster around the rink. One of them is a pretty good skater and the other is pretty bad. That is a way to tell them apart because other wise they are the same. There is just the 2 of them for a while and then 2 other guys come out. They dont have masks.

They play hockey for a bit. I see there sticks. When the puck goes over the bords they get it. One of them has boots on and the others have skates. Every body is breathing hard. I cant tell about the guys with masks but the guys without masks are smiling. Where ever these guys are from they like hockey.

I shiver in my blanket all nite long. In the morning the window is frosted over. I cant see anything. My breath is frosty. A mask guy takes me to the bathroom witch is so cold the tap doesnt work. Time passes slowly. Like it has big boots and can not lift its feet.

Vi comes in with breakfast—toast and jam and water like yesterday. She smiles at me.

I handed in the note she says. I didnt have a lot of time in town yesterday but I ran into the police station and gave it to them.

Great I say. So when are the police coming?

Soon she says. You wait here and you will be ok.

I wonder if she is going to kiss me again. The last person to kiss me was Jade. Its not like shes my girl frend but still. I wonder how old Vi is? Older than me but how much older? A black mask guy comes in and Vi goes away. Oh well.

The mask guy talks to me while I eat.

You are a boy from Canada he says. You have skates.

Uh huh I say.

I am thinking that rite now my rented skates are all I have. My boots are back at the city hall.

The guy talks some more. He tells me about himself. He is not from Canada. His home is a place that sounds like Pee and Vee. He asks if I have heard of some guy who plays hockey for Vancoover in the NHL. This player is from Pee and Vee he says. He is a hero there.

I have never heard of Pee and Vee. I do not know if it is a country or a city or what it is. I do not know the NHL player ether.

But you play hockey yes? the mask guy asks.

I nod. I am not bad. I am better than my brother and his frends. I like skating.

Wuld you—

He stops then goes on.

Wuld you play with us? he asks. There is a rink in the front yard. We wuld like to play with a Canadian player. Please play with us Bunny.

I dont know what to say. He sounds like an ok guy.

I gess so I say.

We shake hands. He tells me his name.

Bojan? I say. He shrugs. Maybe I am saying it rong. It is something like Bojan.