Meet Molly by Valerie Tripp

Author:Valerie Tripp [Tripp, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: American Girl
Published: 2012-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

FOUR

WAR!

A while later, Linda, Susan, and Molly sat in Molly’s room in their pajamas. Still pink and warm from their baths, wrapped head to toe in big white blankets, they looked like three rosy polar bears. The girls were whispering together on Molly’s bed when they heard Mrs. McIntire returning with Brad.

“Would you hula dancers like some cocoa?” Mrs. McIntire called up to the girls.

“Okay, Mom,” called Molly. “We’ll be right down.”

“Good!” said Susan. “Now we can tell her what Ricky did!”

“No!” Molly said quickly.

“Why not?” asked Susan.

“I don’t want to be a tattletale,” said Molly. “Besides, she’d be too easy on him. We have to take care of Ricky ourselves.”

The girls walked slowly into the kitchen. There at the table sat Ricky, still in his pirate costume. He was sipping cocoa and looking as innocent as a kitten. Molly, Linda, and Susan sat as far away from Ricky as possible.

“Well, girls,” said Mrs. McIntire. “How was your Hawaiian Halloween?”

“Fine,” said the three girls all together, but it sounded as if they meant just the opposite.

Mrs. McIntire looked puzzled. “Just ‘fine’? That’s all?” she asked. “And why are you all in your pajamas already? I wanted to take your picture to send to Dad. What happened to your costumes? And your bags of treats?”

“They got wet,” said Molly.

“Wet?” asked Mrs. McIntire. “How?”

The girls looked at each other. “By a hose,” said Susan. “Ricky—”

“We walked into a hose. By mistake,” said Molly quickly, before Susan could finish.

“Who would be using a hose on a windy Halloween night?” asked Mrs. McIntire.

The girls said nothing. Finally Molly said, “Just someone.”

Mrs. McIntire frowned. “Molly McIntire,” she said. “I have the distinct feeling that I am not being told the whole story.”

Molly stared into her cocoa cup. Ricky pushed his chair back from the table.

“Perhaps you can tell me what happened, Ricky,” said Mrs. McIntire.

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