Something Good

"Tonight I have to memorize a bunch of dates about the Civil War," Antonio said as he and his brother and sister pulled up chairs around the kitchen table to do their homework. "We're being tested on them tomorrow." He pulled his history book out of his backpack.Julian opened his history book too. "Well, I'm learning about Revolutionary War battles. They're not so easy to keep straight either."Armed with a newspaper, scissors, paper, and a glue stick, Camila grinned at her brothers. "Don't you wish you were in my grade? All I have to do is to cut out articles for our current events project."The kids worked quietly for a while; then Camila sighed. "All these articles are about things like hurricanes and wars and crimes and earthquakes. It would be nice to have a few good things to report."Julian looked up. "There must be something good in there. After all, politicians on TV always talk about how they're gonna make the world a better place.""Yeah," said Antonio. "They promise they're gon