Karen's Home Run by Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

Karen’s Jinx

I felt worse than ever. I did not think I should march with the Krushers. I was not a good enough player. Oh, sure. I had hit a home run. And Andrew was not a good player at all. Neither were lots of the Krushers. But they didn’t lose entire games for their sides. Well, Andrew had. But not because he was daydreaming. You are not supposed to daydream when you play softball.

And now I did not really want to ride in the Bicycle Brigade, either. I did not want to be called a greedy-guts. I did not want Nancy to be mad at me. And I certainly did not want to ride a “lame” bicycle.

But I did want to be in the parade.

I sighed. Then I took all the stuff off my bike. I carried the things into the little house, and I put them away.

Andrew was inside. He was looking through a picture book. When he saw me, he stopped. “Karen? I’m bored,” he said. “Would you help me with my hitting? I really need practice.”

“Okay. Let’s find the bat and ball. We can practice in the backyard.”

“Goody!” exclaimed Andrew. “Goody, goody gumdrops!”

In the backyard, Andrew stood ready with the bat. I stood opposite him with the softball.

I was wearing a football helmet. It was to protect me from flying bats.

“Okay, Andrew! Batting stance!”

Andrew got ready.

“Hold onto the bat!” I yelled. “Now. Here comes the ball.”

I pitched an easy one to Andrew. He swung and missed. The bat took off. It sailed into our fence.

“Get the pets inside!” I cried. If Andrew could not control the bat, then Rocky and Midgie should not be around. So Andrew and I found them and put them in the house. Then Andrew got ready to swing at another ball.

“DO. NOT. LET. GO. OF. THE. BAT!” I screeched.

“Okay, okay.”

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