Ghost Rider by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82505-6
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

MRS. LONETREE WAS positively a whiz with her sewing machine. Within what seemed like a matter of minutes, she’d created three adorable sets of mouse ears—field mice, not Mickey—and had them tacked onto the girls’ sweatshirt hoods.

“They’re perfect,” Lisa declared, and everybody agreed.

Then she deftly unfolded three wire coat hangers and quickly covered them with white felt. The blind mice now had canes to walk with. The final touch would be sunglasses, and Mrs. Lonetree said the girls were just going to have to do that themselves. Lisa, Stevie, and Carole thought that was more than fair. Then, while Mrs. Lonetree was adjusting the old gingham dress to create a farmer’s-wife outfit for Kate, Christine took the “mice” into the bathroom, where they could all practice applying whiskers with an eyebrow pencil.

“Should they curl?” Stevie asked.

“I don’t think so,” Lisa said. By then, though, it was too late for Stevie. Her whiskers curled all the way up to her eyebrows!

“This is just a test,” Stevie reminded her friends, working hard to remove the pencil marks. “I mean, we’re supposed to make our mistakes now, aren’t we?”

Lisa and Carole giggled and tried their own whiskers. In the end it turned out that the best ones were just a few brief straight lines radiating from above their mouths. Soon they each had proper whiskers and assured Stevie that her unsuccessful curly whiskers were hardly visible anymore.

“Nothing a shower and a scrub-brush and some bathroom cleanser can’t get off,” Stevie agreed cheerfully.

“Very nice,” Christine said, admiring the results of the girls’ efforts. “Would you like your cheese now or later?”

“That realistic?” Lisa asked.

“Absolutely, and if you think you look good, wait until you see how Kate is looking.”

When they returned to Mrs. Lonetree’s workroom, they were astonished. It was their friend Kate, all right, but she didn’t look at all as she had a mere fifteen minutes ago. She was wearing a very well-padded gingham dress with a long skirt and a full apron. She had a white cap on her head and a very long carving knife in one hand. Mrs. Lonetree said her outfit would be complete with the addition of some black leather shoes.

“I think this particular farmer’s wife is going to have to make do with black leather riding boots. Will it work?”

“It will be the perfect touch,” Mrs. Lonetree agreed. Then she turned to Christine. “So what’s it to be for you?” she asked.

“Mine’s going to take a little longer,” Christine said. “Can we work on it later?”

“Sure,” her mother agreed. “That will give me some time now to show the girls the dollhouse.”

“Oh, thank you!” Stevie said. “I was afraid you wanted to keep it a surprise. Where is it?”

“This way,” Mrs. Lonetree said, standing up from her sewing machine. She took the girls into her pottery studio. They had seen her work before. It was very special and very beautiful. Some shelves had pots that she was making for tourists. She followed the authentic traditional shapes and designs.

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