Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli

Author:Jerry Spinelli [Spinelli, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Ages 10 & Up
ISBN: 9780061757228
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2000-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

I wasn’t happy for long. BT arrived. Tabby heard him and abandoned Nemo and we were all standing there and hadn’t even opened the pizzas when Mi-Su says to BT, “We’re going to the movies next week instead of Monopoly.”

“Yeah?” he said. “What are we gonna see?”

“Goop.”

Tabby shrieked. “Ooo! Ooo! Can I come?”

“It’s scary,” said Mi-Su. “You’re too little.”

Tabby stood at attention. “I’m not little. I’m big.” She flopped into Mi-Su’s lap. “Please! Pleeeeeeze!”

“You are little! You’re not even in first grade! You’re an infant!”

I wondered who was shouting—and realized it was me. Everyone was staring. Tabby was clinging to Mi-Su. Snap #2.

Hey, listen, sorry about that. Tabby just got caught in the crossfire. She’s not the one I’m mad at. I’m mad at you, BT. And you, Mi-Su. Because when I said WE could go to the movies, the WE meant you and me. Not you and me AND BT.

That’s what I was thinking, but I didn’t say anything.

Mi-Su reached down over Tabby and counted out the money for her hotel. “Well,” she said, “that was quite the outburst. And a waste. The fact is, big girl”—she tweaked Tabby’s nose, Tabby giggled—“your mother isn’t going to let you go anyway.” She handed the money to me. I’m always the banker. She wasn’t smiling.

Am I losing Mi-Su already?

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