Dog’s Can’t Live on Love Alone
Chapter One
The day she turned eleven was the day Zadie Ma discovered her superpower. She was eating breakfast when Mama shouted in Chinese, ‘Sa see nee! I’ll kill you!’
Zadie looked up to see who Mama was talking to. A thin line of ants was heading for some globs of honey that had dripped onto the bench.
Mama went to wipe it up, but they still kept coming so she got down on her hands and knees, buried her head in the cupboard under the kitchen sink and emerged with the insect sprayer. It was the weapon of death to any bug.
Zadie hated killing even an ant, so she shouted, ‘No, Mama, wait!’
Just then the bell out in the shop tinkled. Mama dropped the bug sprayer on the table, wiped her hands on her apron and went down the hall into the milk bar.
This was Zadie’s only chance to save the ants. She tried turning them away by putting her finger in their path. They went around it. Then Teddy had a go by drawing a line with his saliva. That didn’t stop them either. Next, Zadie tore off the corner of her homework book and tried herding them back. No matter what they tried, the smell of honey was just too alluring.
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