Philip and the Case of Mistaken Identity and Philip and the Baby (9781597051095) (11 page)

Now his father laughed. “Like Fred and Effie,
Flipper.”

The phone rang, and Philip’s mother went into
the kitchen to answer it. “It’s Emery, Philip. He wants to know if
you want to come out to play.”

Philip thought a moment. “Tell him I’ll come
over to his house in a little while. I want to play with Becky some
more first.”

Philip’s mother came back into the living
room. Philip watched her take his father’s hand.

“Can I play with her a little more,
Mommy?”

“Yes, you may, Philip. You certainly
may.”

John Paulits’s fiction has appeared in
various magazines (
The Mendocino Review, Crossroads,
Labyrinth
and others) and ezines (Dark Moon Rising, The Harrow,
and others) over the past twenty years. Four of his children’s
novels have been translated into Chinese and published in Taiwan; a
fifth,
Philip and the Boy Who Said “Huh?”,
was published by
Mayhaven Press; and a sixth,
Philip Gets Even¸
has been
published by Wings Epress. Mr. Paulits is a former teacher in the
New York City public school system. He is married, lives in New
York and has a daughter now living in Boston.

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