Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm

Author:Jennifer L. Holm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-05-27T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Bad Days Indeed

Wilbert says there are some days that are so bad there’s no mending them.

I am thinking this is one of those days, what with having forgotten my dinner pail and my lessons. I went hungry at noon and got scolded by Miss McEwing.

Ivan and Alvin and Wilbert and Wendell and Kaarlo and me are on the little boat. Isaiah stayed home from school today on account of one of the sheeps having a bad leg. Kaarlo has fetched us home from the schoolhouse and he is in a terrible mood. But I’m ignoring him and telling Wilbert my troubles.

I say Wilbert, this has been a bad day.

We are on the Nasel near the bend by Lonny’s farm and I say, Wilbert, why am I having this bad luck?

Kaarlo who is in a mean mood says, Hush Up May Amelia I’m tired of you always chattering, Can’t You Ever Be Quiet Girl?

Kaarlo is always in a mood it seems since Matti left. A bad one.

I say, I hate you Kaarlo you’re Always Awful to me and Kaarlo says, Shut Up May Amelia or I’m gonna put you on that snag over there and leave you for the monsters.

It is a terrible snag on the Nasel, made up of scary-looking brambles and slimy green wood and all sorts of muck.

Wilbert sticks up for me and says Yeah Kaarlo, stop being mean to May Amelia, she ain’t done nothing wrong.

Yeah Kaarlo, Wendell says, leave May alone.

Leave May alone, Ivan and Alvin say together which is strange because they usually don’t take anybody’s side except each other’s.

Shut Up All Of You, Kaarlo hollers.

Wilbert says, You’re just in a temper because Tyyni Honko won’t talk to you no more.

Kaarlo’s eyes go all dark and stormy and he lets fly at Wilbert.

No fighting between brothers, I say, but they don’t pay me no mind, me being only a sister and all. The boys are always fighting it seems and today is no different, even Mamma says it’s what they do best. They bang and push around the boat and shove me and sure enough I fall right into the Nasel.

The Nasel is ever so cold in November, I cannot tell you how cold. It is not a good time to take a dip.

It seems to take forever for us to get home and by the time we get there I am frozen straight through and shivering so hard that I think for sure my teeth will fall right out. Wilbert carries me into the house.

Pappa is in the kitchen with Mamma and he takes a long hard look at us and says, Have you children been wrestling on that boat again how many times have I told you No Wrestling On The Nasel? Just look at May Amelia, soaked straight through, how did this happen?

Grandmother Patience eyes me with distaste and says, That daughter of yours is nothing but a walking disaster. Just look at her!

Pappa ignores her and says, Well? What happened?

It was an accident, says Wilbert real quick and fixes Kaarlo with an eye.

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