Mitch and Amy by Cleary Beverly & Dockray Tracy

Author:Cleary, Beverly & Dockray, Tracy [Cleary, Beverly & Dockray, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Childrens, Young Adult, Classics, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780061972263
Amazon: 0061972266
Goodreads: 10138578
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1967-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Amy could hear her mother sigh in the living room before she said, “Mitchell, can’t you find something to do? Read a book or something. I brought you a book from the library yesterday.”

“It isn’t a good book,” said Mitchell, still in the kitchen doorway. “Nothing exciting happens in the first chapter.”

Amy settled the whole thing by giving Mitchell a good hard shove and shutting the door on him.

“Mom,” said Mitchell from the other side of the door. “Amy pushed me.”

“You children!” was all Mrs. Huff said.

The girls resumed their scrubbing. Amy and Marla shared the bathtub of suds and worked in front of the refrigerator while Bonnie tackled the linoleum near the back door. Swish-swish-swish went the scrubbing brushes. Rain beat down on the skylight overhead. Amy found herself growing warm from hot water and exercise, but she was enjoying the companionship of her friends. The brushes worked up a good lather, and Amy had a nice feeling of accomplishment.

“You know Bernadette, that new girl in our patrol?” asked Bonnie above the swishing.

In the living room Mitch made a gagging noise, and Amy found herself growing more and more annoyed with her brother for eavesdropping.

“You know what?” continued Bonnie to the girls. “Bernadette irons her own Scout uniform. That’s why it’s always sort of wrinkled.”

“I’m glad I don’t have to iron my own Scout uniform,” said Marla, just as Amy had decided she would like to try ironing hers. “I think Bernadette is sort of funny peculiar. You know what she brought to school in her lunch one day? Cold enchiladas and a big dill pickle.”

“I know,” said Amy, who was fascinated by Bernadette. “And do you know what she said? She said the dill pickle was for dessert. And she sat there eating it as if it were a big piece of cake or something.”

“And another time she brought some oatmeal cookies that were the most awful blue-green color,” said Marla. “She said she had been experimenting with food coloring.”

“And she didn’t even care when everybody laughed. At least, I don’t think she did,” said Bonnie. “We would have to get her in our patrol at Scouts. She’ll probably bring dill pickles when it’s her turn to bring refreshments.”

“Guess who’s her refreshment partner?” said Amy. “Me!”

“Ee-yew!” cried Marla. “You poor thing!”

At that point Mitchell walked into the kitchen and picked up the telephone. The scrubbing stopped, and the girls sat back on their heels.

Amy threw down her scrubbing brush. “Mitchell Huff! You’re supposed to stay out of here!”

“I just want to use the phone a minute,” Mitchell said, and began to dial.

Assuming that Mitchell was making a telephone call that might lead to his going to a friend’s house, Amy allowed him to stay. The girls’ conversation turned to school and the study of the California Indian, but they did not go back to scrubbing.

“Wasn’t it funny when Mrs. Martin was going to show us how the Indians made acorn mush, and then all her acorns turned out to be wormy?” asked Bonnie, and the girls began to giggle.

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