year," I said, "you can have a
summer birthday"
In March, Danny's birthday
came. It was gray and blustery,
similar to the day on which
he'd been born. Although Dan-
ny's grandparents were coming
over in the evening for cake and
ice cream, I prepared him for a
quiet celebration.
About 1 in the afternoon,
shortly after my daughter re-
turned home from nursery
school, there was a knock at the
door. Standing outside was a
clown in a striped suit. He had a
mass of wild red hair and a red
bulb nose, and he carried a bun-
dle of balloons.
"Does Danny live here?" he
asked. "I've been sent by his
Mends to wish him a happy
birthday"
I invited the clown in. He
had a huge birthday card signed
by Danny's Mends who'd been
invited to his party. For more
than an hour, the clown enter-
tained Danny and his sister,
making animals out of balloons,
performing magic tricks, singing
silly songs, making my child
laugh.
A couple of months later,. af-
ter Danny had made a full re-
covery, he returned to school,
and in June he had his summer
birthday. About 20 boys had a
picnic in our back yard, played
basketball on our driveway, shot
some miniature golf and licked
ice cream cones that melted in
the sun.
After that, Danny returned to
having indoor birthdays, taking
his friends to a hockey game or
an archery range. But no cele:
bration would mean more to
me than the one on a grey day
when a clown came knocking
at our door. El

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