Becca at Sea by Deirdre Baker

Author:Deirdre Baker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Published: 2018-04-18T18:56:43+00:00

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Aunt Fifi took a thermos down to the boat, along with Gran’s lantern and a couple of beach chairs. Merlin had already changed into dry things — a pair of Grandpa’s old sweatpants with no elastic and a mustard-colored sweater full of holes. Gran kept them stored for such emergencies, but they left Merlin’s wrists and ankles bare to the elements.

“Life is so eventful around you,” Mac told Becca before he left. “What do you do to get these adults so wound up? Or is it just that your cousins aren’t here for you to drag up and down cliffs, so you have to find some other excitement?”

“I didn’t do anything!” Becca protested.

“So you say!” said Mac, and he departed, dripping, for his own cabin.

Becca looked down toward the beach. She could see the tiny glow of Gran’s lantern reflecting off the boat’s shiny hull, making shadows of Merlin and Aunt Fifi.

“What do you think they’re talking about?” she asked.

“They shouldn’t be sitting out there together,” Gran said gloomily. “And all night, too! No good will come of it. And he’s the only plumber on the island!”

“And he promised to do the dishes,” Becca said sadly, looking at the heaps of dirty plates.

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