Hawaii! by Giada De Laurentiis

Author:Giada De Laurentiis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2015-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

Emilia laughed. “Good question. I bet she did.”

“Yeah.” Alfie nodded. Alfie knew Zia would happily try local foods anywhere she visited. That must be where he got his own sense of food adventure.

Back at the resort, Alfie and Emilia carried one of the crates of fruit into the kitchen. Uncle Gene and Pika were arguing again but stopped abruptly when they realized they had company.

“How did it go?” Uncle Gene asked, attempting a smile, but looking even more frazzled than when they had left. Pika sighed loudly and stormed off to the walk-in freezer.

“No problems at all!” Kai said.

“Good,” Uncle Gene said. He turned to Alfie and Emilia. “Did you have fun?”

“We did!” Emilia answered. “The Upcountry was beautiful.”

“And I tried durian at the fruit farm,” Alfie announced.

“You did?” Uncle Gene looked really surprised. Even one of dishwashers stopped working and looked at Alfie.

“It was disgusting, but I tried it!”

Uncle Gene threw his head back and laughed. “Good for you! It’s always good to try new things.”

“That’s what our zia always says,” Alfie replied.

Uncle Gene looked like he was going to ask Alfie a question, but Kai spoke first. “I think you’ve earned yourself another surf lesson, bro—even just for trying that durian today!”

“Sweet!” Alfie said.

Kai smiled. “Well, I’ve got some other lessons scheduled this afternoon, but I have an opening tomorrow morning if you want to meet me down at the beach at eight o’clock.”

“I’ll be there!” Alfie replied, excitement building in his chest again. He couldn’t wait to get back out on a surfboard.

“I’ll come down in the morning, too,” Lana said to Emilia. “We can do hula then.”

“Great!” Emilia answered. Alfie knew she was as excited about learning to hula dance as he was about surfing.

“Well, I better get back to dealing with this luau,” Uncle Gene said, glancing in Pika’s direction. “I just hope we can pull it all together.”

Jacob patted his uncle’s arm. “You can do it!”

“Thanks again for your help, kids,” Uncle Gene said. “Now go have fun!”

“Are you sure?” Lana asked.

“Yes,” Uncle Gene said. “I think we can take it from here.”

Alfie heard Pika mumble something as he walked by, but he couldn’t make it out.

“Bye, Uncle Gene!” they all called as they filed out of the kitchen and back into the parking lot. Kai waved good-bye as he headed down to the beach for his next lesson.

“What are you guys doing now?” Jacob asked.

Alfie and Emilia looked at each other and shrugged.

“Want to go snorkeling or paddleboarding?” Jacob asked.

“Sure!”

“We can borrow gear from the resort’s rental cabana,” Lana said, walking toward the path to the beach. “Kai won’t mind.”

They hurried down the path to the cabana, and Lana and Jacob went inside. Alfie watched Kai giving his surf lesson out in the water. He couldn’t wait until tomorrow!

Lana and Jacob emerged from the cabana, with a couple of net bags of snorkel gear and two paddleboards with paddles.

“We have to walk a little ways to the cove from here,” Jacob said. “But it’s worth it.

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