Absolutely Alfie and the Furry, Purry Secret by Sally Warner

Author:Sally Warner [Warner, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2017-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

Purple—white—pink—white—pink—white—purple.

But both necklaces were looking good.

“Are you excited about starting school?” Alfie asked, poking the hard end of the pink necklace cord through her striped bead.

“Yeah. No. Kinda,” Hanni admitted.

“Me too,” Alfie said. “Only with me, it’s more like nervous. I guess I wish we had a girl teacher, not a boy one.”

Most of the teachers at Oak Glen Primary School were women, but Mr. Havens was definitely a man. A very large man. Alfie wondered suddenly if it ever bothered the boys, having girl teachers most of the time. She had never thought about it before.

“I know,” Hanni said. “I’m scared he’s gonna shout at us like he does on the playground, when he’s coaching basketball.”

“But EllRay says he’s really nice, deep down inside,” Alfie told her, trying to be fair.

“Yuck. Who cares what he’s like inside?” Hanni asked, frowning as she searched for another round white bead. “If his outside is all yell-y and strict, second grade is gonna stink. Period.”

“I bet the boys are happy he’ll be our teacher,” Alfie said, thinking about it.

“Maybe. But who cares if boys are happy or not?” Hanni asked, shaking her head and pursing her lips as she worked. “You only think of weird stuff like that because you have a brother, Alfie. I guess that kind of warps a girl.”

“I guess,” Alfie said. But she was glad she had a brother. “That reminds me,” she said.

“Don’t tell me,” Hanni joked. “You want to go downstairs and visit the kitties again.” She gave a comical sigh.

“Not really,” Alfie said, fibbing. “But EllRay’s picking me up later this afternoon, and I don’t want him to know I’m bringing Princess home. He’s the only one in my family who doesn’t know about her, see,” she added, the fib flying out of her mouth as easy as anything. “And I want it to be a surprise for everybody at the same time.”

Okay, Alfie scolded herself. Now she was flat-out lying to Hanni, her brand-new friend. “Nice,” as EllRay would say. And none of the Sobels knew she didn’t have permission to bring Princess home.

But Princess needed her!

“We could find a kitten-sized box and decorate it,” Hanni said, eager to take on another craft project. “We could even punch air holes in the top. You could tell EllRay it’s just a pretty box to keep stuff in. He’ll never guess what’s inside. Boys,” she added with a snort meant to show how little they noticed things.

“I don’t know,” Alfie said, her forehead wrinkling as she thought. “Usually, punching air holes in a box is kind of a giveaway about what’s inside.”

“You could say it’s a lizard,” Hanni said.

“Then he’d want to see it for sure,” Alfie told her.

“So we won’t punch any air holes in the box,” Hanni decided aloud. “Princess will be fine for just one block.”

“But what if she meows?” Alfie asked.

“Talk real loud the whole time,” Hanni advised her. “Or ask your brother to explain a video game or a movie plot or something.

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