Nekomah Creek by Linda Crew

Author:Linda Crew [Crew, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-53886-4
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

Lucy sputtered with surprise, then grinned to find herself the center of attention.

“Lucy, Lucy, Lucy.” Dad shook his head like he didn’t know whether to laugh or be mad.

Her polka-dot dress hung limp over her stiff petticoats and her stove-black nose was smeared. Wet strings of hair were plastered to her cheeks. Dad fished her Mouseketeer ears from the washtub, shook them out, and set them on her head.

Everybody laughed. Even Mrs. Perkins.

“Forevermore,” she said breathlessly. “I’m sure glad you pulled her out so fast.”

“My reflexes are getting better all the time,” Dad said.

Mom came hurrying up. “Oh, dear. I should have been watching her closer. I got talking to Inge …” She sighed. “Well, I’ll just have to take her home. I guess with Lucy I should always figure on spare clothes.”

Then Mom noticed Mrs. Perkins.

“Lucy gets into trouble like this all the time,” she said lightly, wrapping her jacket around her. “Don’t you?” She made a pretend fierce face at Lucy and kissed her forehead. Then she smiled at Mrs. Perkins. “I’m just amazed we’ve never had to go to the emergency room yet.”

This was where Mrs. Perkins was supposed to laugh and say she understood and aren’t kids the darnedest and all that.

Instead her eyebrows went up.

Mom and Dad glanced at each other, some little message going between them.

Maybe they were scared too. Maybe they were starting to catch on to how dangerous it could be to get on the bad side of someone like Mrs. Perkins. Someone who had more power over us than I ever realized.

Suddenly I wanted to crawl under the punch table. I had the strangest urge to just sit there and read some Encyclopedia Brown. Why couldn’t I be like him? He’s smart and all he does is solve crimes. He never wastes time worrying about personal muddles.

No wonder I like books better than real life.

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