Chapters 4 and 5 Summary

"I Am Almost Incarcerated": Primrose describes, in narration, how heavy rain made it difficult for her to make her daily trip to the pier to watch for her parents' return. She also describes how one day she avoided again being taunted by her schoolmates by taking refuge in the drugstore run by the watchful, generally angry Mr. and Mrs. Cantina, who is eating a caramel apple ("recipe to follow"). As Primrose wanders the aisles, she suddenly hears Mr. Cantina cry out angrily - someone has cut his dog's leash, enabling it to run into the street. As Mrs. Cantina calls the sheriff, Mr. Cantina grabs Primrose and accuses her of cutting the leash. The confused Primrose is unable to answer and is taken out of the shop by Sheriff Peters, who seems distracted. At his office, Sheriff Peters sits Primrose at...