THE BUTTERFLY LAMPSHADE

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Novel. Eight year old Francie is waiting to take the train to Los Angeles to go live with her aunt and uncle. Next to the couch on which she's sleeping, there is a lovely lamp, adorned with butterflies. When she wakes, she spies a dead butterfly, exactly matching the ones on the lamp, floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before the babysitter can see.