Flora and Ulysses Chapter 49 Summary

Good News, Flora Belle!

  • In the kitchen, Flora's mom is smoking and her dad is touching her shoulders. Wait, what? 
  • Her mom doesn't smoke and her parents never touched any more. Ever. 
  • Her dad announces there's good news, which she knows isn't true, since no one ever announces good news like that. 
  • Her mom says that she'd love if Flora and her squirrel friend lived with her. 
  • Flora is super confused. She's not sure why her mom changed her mind about Ulysses, or if this is just another trick. 
  • She decides to use this time to announce that the squirrel is a poet. 
  • Should she read some of his poetry to them? 
  • Sure, just let Phyllis grab another cigarette.