Together, We Can!

By Kerrie RH Farkas

A special thank you to Kayla Farkas, Dimitry Farkas, Maddie Martinez, Joey Mooney, and my sisters, husband, and mother for their wise and helpful feedback on early drafts of this book.

This book is dedicated to the heroes who continue to fight.

It was supposed to be a perfect spring that led to a perfect summer...

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And all was going as planned... until it wasn’t.

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It started out as a whisper, caught in the wind, “Did you hear about what’s going on in China?”

Then, the volume intensified, and people began talking about Italy, South Korea, and Germany. The sound got louder still as friends and neighbors started talking about what was happening in the United States.

You see, there was a virus, an icky, sticky virus that went around trying to get others sick. It was selfish, not caring what it was doing to others. It was sneaky, silently moving from person to person. It was hungry and greedy too, always trying to find ways to spread to more people.

Many people were scared because they didn’t know what was going on or what they could do to defeat the virus.

A little girl named Polly was scared too. She decided to ask her mom and dad about it.

“Mom and Dad, What is a virus? Why are so many people getting sick? Why are people wearing masks and gloves? Also, why can’t I go to school, to my favorite restaurant, or even out shopping?”

Her parents told her that the virus was a germ they could get from someone else or from objects that a sick person touched.

Her dad explained, “We are staying at home so that we don’t get sick from others or get others sick.”