Calbert!?

Both of my two oldest boys think they are Calbert.  I decided they could be anyone they wanted to be in the story, because that is the point of a story anyway.  A good story gets the reader involved.  However, my second-grade son greeted me in the car with, "Why did you write that part, it made me cry."  I asked him what part of the book he was talking about.  He was talking about the "Trouble on the Bus" chapter, where Ernie is picking on Calbert about being adopted.  As he continued to read he found himself enjoying the book even more.  Happy reading to my little guy!