Whitewater Scrubs by Jamie McEwan

Author:Jamie McEwan [MCEWAN, JAMIE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780761385943
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

CHAPTER 6

COLD AND STUFF

That Sunday Clara sat in her bedroom and made a list. Her mom always did that when she had to decide something. There were lists all over the house.

When Clara finished, her list looked like this:

Quit Don’t Quit

Dry! Warm! Prove that I can take it.

Won’t have to be bad. Might get better.

Be friends with cool people. Stay friends with the Scrubs.

There was another problem that didn’t seem to fit under either column. It really bugged her that she was worse at kayaking than Willy and Dan. It seemed unfair. Clara had always been good at everything. Quitting wouldn’t make her any better, but if she quit, she wouldn’t have to be reminded all the time that they were better.

Making the lists didn’t help her. Both sides balanced out. So what should she do?

She went to bed that night sure she should keep kayaking.

She woke up in the morning sure she should quit.

“Hey, Mom,” Clara asked at breakfast, “is it okay for me to quit kayaking if I want to?”

“Why would you want to?” her mom asked.

“I don’t know. It’s just cold. And it takes a lot of time. And stuff.”

“And stuff?” asked Derek.

“Yeah, stuff.”

“You can quit if you really want to,” said her mother. “If you’re sure.”

Clara thought she was sure.

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