The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle

Mason brings Ms. Blinny a bag of apples. Ms. Blinny asks about the apple stand, and Mason says they didn’t open it, though he wanted to. He thinks, “There is still good left at our place” (95). Mason tells the Dragon about the caves. Calvin found a tour of the caves of Lascaux on his tablet. They are primitive cave drawings found by four boys and a dog. Mason loves the cave art. 

Mason rides Uncle Drum’s bike down to the hardware store to get supplies for the root cellar. At the hardware store, he sees Andy, one of Benny’s dads. He calls out Andy’s name and expects to see Benny coming down the aisle with something cool in his hands. Then, he remembers. “I see Andy’s face. Looking back at me. Like he’s been punched. And I remember. There was a funeral” (99). Andy leaves the store without buying anything. Mason buys his supplies and sits on the loving memory bench for his own grandfather, which is outside Bishell’s. Mason thinks about how so many people die when they are old, but not Benny.