stepped on your feet.
“Just put your boots on now,” Carole suggested.
“But I really wanted my tennis shoes for breakfast,” Stevie said. She rummaged through her duffel bag. “Here they are! In the outside pocket. I don’t remember putting them there.”
Lisa sat down on her bunk to wait for Stevie. “After all that happened last week, I still can hardly believe we’re here,” she said. “I’m excited about everything Prancer and I can learn this week—with your help, of course,” she added thoughtfully. “One of the things I learned last week is how much like sisters the three of us are—and how lucky I am to have two such good friends.”
“Just tell us if we get out of hand,” Carole said softly. “We want the good parts of being sisters, but not the bad parts.”
Lisa nodded. She was glad she wasn’t feeling jealous of Carole anymore. She was even gladder that Carole understood. “I feel so lucky,” she repeated.
Stevie tied her right shoe in a double knot and reached for her left. “I feel even luckier,” she said,thrusting her foot into the shoe. “Without you two I’d—
Ayahhhh!
” She yanked her foot back out. “Ayahh!
Jelly!
That creep put jelly in my shoe!” She waved her foot in the air. Purple glop dripped from her toes. “I’ll kill him!”
Lisa and Carole fell over on the bunks, laughing.
“It’s not funny,” Stevie said. “It’s completely disgusting. I am so totally grossed out.” She stomped out to the porch and shook her shoe over the railing.
“Stevie,” Lisa called after her, “you left purple footprints.”
“Foodprints,” Carole said, and they howled.
A big blob of jelly fell out of Stevie’s shoe onto the weeds in front of the cabin. Stevie lifted the tongue of her shoe and peered inside. “There’s something jammed in the toe,” she announced, coming back to the door. When she saw the purple prints on the floor she started to laugh, too. She removed her jelly-smeared sock and came inside.
“So disgusting,” she said, shaking her head. She sat down next to Lisa and pulled the object out of the toe.
“It’s a Baggie,” Lisa said.
“With jelly all over it, and a note inside,” Stevie said, nodding. “This better be good.” She gingerly opened the little plastic bag and pulled out a piece of paper.
“It’s from Chad,” she announced.
Carole sat up. “What a surprise.”
Stevie smoothed the paper out and read, “ ‘Dear Stevie, I know your horse wasn’t sick. Your friends were faking all the way. Tell Carole I know garden dirt when I see it. But you shouldn’t have had to miss camp, and anyway, I wanted to have a week without you bugging me. I promise not to use Super Glue again. What do you think of the jelly?’ ”
Lisa peeked over Stevie’s shoulder. “It’s signed ‘Love, Chad.’ ”
“Oh, gag,” Stevie said. “As soon as I get home, I’m going to kill him.”
“He knew!” Carole shrieked. “He knew we were faking!” She couldn’t believe it.
“What does he mean by garden dirt?” Stevie asked.
Carole and Lisa looked at each other. “Oh,” Lisa said. “We smeared some into Belle’s coat, to make it look dull.”
“Unhealthy,” Carole added. She looked guiltily at Stevie. “It brushed right out.”
Stevie buried her head in her hands. “I can’t believe he knew.”
“If he knew, then why did he confess?” Lisa asked.
“It says right in the note,” Carole answered. “He wanted Stevie to be able to go to camp. He’s grounded now. He took a punishment for Stevie.”
They looked at one another in silence. “That’s really noble,” Lisa said.
“Oh, double gag, it is not,” Stevie said as she swiped at her jelly-covered foot with a tissue. “He’s got a whole week now to sneak through my room. I bet he finds my diary and has it published in
The Willow Creek Gazette
. Plus, it’s not like he didn’t deserve to be punished. And he put jelly in my shoes!”
Lisa looked at the
“Just put your boots on now,” Carole suggested.
“But I really wanted my tennis shoes for breakfast,” Stevie said. She rummaged through her duffel bag. “Here they are! In the outside pocket. I don’t remember putting them there.”
Lisa sat down on her bunk to wait for Stevie. “After all that happened last week, I still can hardly believe we’re here,” she said. “I’m excited about everything Prancer and I can learn this week—with your help, of course,” she added thoughtfully. “One of the things I learned last week is how much like sisters the three of us are—and how lucky I am to have two such good friends.”
“Just tell us if we get out of hand,” Carole said softly. “We want the good parts of being sisters, but not the bad parts.”
Lisa nodded. She was glad she wasn’t feeling jealous of Carole anymore. She was even gladder that Carole understood. “I feel so lucky,” she repeated.
Stevie tied her right shoe in a double knot and reached for her left. “I feel even luckier,” she said,thrusting her foot into the shoe. “Without you two I’d—
Ayahhhh!
” She yanked her foot back out. “Ayahh!
Jelly!
That creep put jelly in my shoe!” She waved her foot in the air. Purple glop dripped from her toes. “I’ll kill him!”
Lisa and Carole fell over on the bunks, laughing.
“It’s not funny,” Stevie said. “It’s completely disgusting. I am so totally grossed out.” She stomped out to the porch and shook her shoe over the railing.
“Stevie,” Lisa called after her, “you left purple footprints.”
“Foodprints,” Carole said, and they howled.
A big blob of jelly fell out of Stevie’s shoe onto the weeds in front of the cabin. Stevie lifted the tongue of her shoe and peered inside. “There’s something jammed in the toe,” she announced, coming back to the door. When she saw the purple prints on the floor she started to laugh, too. She removed her jelly-smeared sock and came inside.
“So disgusting,” she said, shaking her head. She sat down next to Lisa and pulled the object out of the toe.
“It’s a Baggie,” Lisa said.
“With jelly all over it, and a note inside,” Stevie said, nodding. “This better be good.” She gingerly opened the little plastic bag and pulled out a piece of paper.
“It’s from Chad,” she announced.
Carole sat up. “What a surprise.”
Stevie smoothed the paper out and read, “ ‘Dear Stevie, I know your horse wasn’t sick. Your friends were faking all the way. Tell Carole I know garden dirt when I see it. But you shouldn’t have had to miss camp, and anyway, I wanted to have a week without you bugging me. I promise not to use Super Glue again. What do you think of the jelly?’ ”
Lisa peeked over Stevie’s shoulder. “It’s signed ‘Love, Chad.’ ”
“Oh, gag,” Stevie said. “As soon as I get home, I’m going to kill him.”
“He knew!” Carole shrieked. “He knew we were faking!” She couldn’t believe it.
“What does he mean by garden dirt?” Stevie asked.
Carole and Lisa looked at each other. “Oh,” Lisa said. “We smeared some into Belle’s coat, to make it look dull.”
“Unhealthy,” Carole added. She looked guiltily at Stevie. “It brushed right out.”
Stevie buried her head in her hands. “I can’t believe he knew.”
“If he knew, then why did he confess?” Lisa asked.
“It says right in the note,” Carole answered. “He wanted Stevie to be able to go to camp. He’s grounded now. He took a punishment for Stevie.”
They looked at one another in silence. “That’s really noble,” Lisa said.
“Oh, double gag, it is not,” Stevie said as she swiped at her jelly-covered foot with a tissue. “He’s got a whole week now to sneak through my room. I bet he finds my diary and has it published in
The Willow Creek Gazette
. Plus, it’s not like he didn’t deserve to be punished. And he put jelly in my shoes!”
Lisa looked at the
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