A Day's Wait

"A Day's Wait" is a short story about a young boy who believes he is going to die in a short amount of time. His mother and father have no idea that he believes this could actually happen. However, the young boy thinks he will pass away because he has a fever of one hundred and two degrees. The boy thinks this because at school, in France, the boys told him you cannot live with a fever of forty-four degrees; therefor, he knows that there is no possible way he could live with a temperature of one hundred and two degrees. The poor boy had no idea that they are on a different thermometer scale. His mother then explains to him that it is like miles and kilometers. He then understands and feels much more relaxed now that he knows he is not about to pass away.