This year I was ready for her. I knew Linda would come for me and I was ready. Nothing would fool me at work. No bad pun, no silly prank. Linda may be the senior librarian but I know now that some people don’t grow up, they merely grow taller and she is a member of that group, despite having adult children and years more experience working in Castle Bailey Library.

I had to be ready because last year she, and my father who is also old enough to know better, destroyed me with April Fool’s Day Jokes. She got me with a rubber spider in our break room fridge and I spilled milk all over the floor. Then Dad used a phone call to convince me one of my uncles had died. I became so paranoid that when Boss Lady came downstairs to tell us that our entry had won a prize from the Saint Patrick...

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