Moonlight Vpk -

Virgil froze. The raccoon puppet drooped.

So Virgil began. He cleaned the classrooms first—waxing floors, scrubbing sinks—and then, between 1:00 and 3:00 AM, he became Professor VPK. He used overhead projectors to cast giant letters onto the gym wall. He built a solar system out of dust mop heads and paper lanterns in the library. He left cassette tapes of himself reading Where the Wild Things Are in the listening center, his deep voice rumbling through the school's empty speakers. moonlight vpk

He called it "Moonlight VPK" officially now, and he hung a sign above his door: "Even a rock can shine, if the light is right." Virgil froze

Virgil found a red pen. He corrected the worksheet, drew a smiling face next to the fried-egg sun, and wrote: "You are a scientist. Scientists know that the sun can be anything we imagine." He left cassette tapes of himself reading Where

Mrs. Albright's thermos slipped from her hands. It clattered to the floor.