Chapters 7 & 8 Summary

Chapter 7 returns to Andrew sitting at the park while Yolanda is at home giving Shirley a baking lesson. Andrew is watching the skaters and accompanying their sounds with his harmonica when Romulus Foster and his goons approach him. Romulus asks Andrew to play him something, so he plays notes that remind him of the three bullies: high shrill notes that seem to scream "Fall down. Go away. Take a bath. Go away" (Page 63). The bullies jump on Andrew and snatch the harmonica out of his hand, letting it drop to the cement. Then Chimp jumps, landing his full weight on the harmonica, smashing it in front of Andrew's helpless gaze. Meanwhile, Yolanda rushes out of the house shouting the final baking instructions to Shirley - telling her to watch the cake and test it when she thinks it's done: if the cake tester...