Drat! You Copycat! by Nancy E. Krulik

Author:Nancy E. Krulik [Krulik, Nancy E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-101-14196-0
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2003-05-26T10:00:00+00:00

“Okay,” Becky said. As Miriam and Zoe began turning the ropes, Becky leaped in. “Fortune-teller if you’re so smart, tell me the name of my sweetheart. Is it A ...B ... C ...”

Becky kept jumping, twirling around as she said each letter. The ropes were moving at a very steady rhythm, until suddenly ...

“Look at Suzanne!” Zoe cried out. She dropped one of her ropes. Instantly, Becky tripped over the fallen jump rope. “Hey! Why did you stop turning?” she asked.

But there was no one around to answer her. Miriam and Zoe were both running over to meet Suzanne at the far end of the playground.

“Wow, Suzanne! You look great,” Mandy Banks exclaimed. “I love those beads.”

Suzanne fingered the many strands of white plastic beads she wore around her neck. She smoothed the creases in her black slacks and straightened her plain black shirt.

Katie was amazed. The girls had only seen the picture of Coco Chanel yesterday. And Suzanne was already dressed like her.

“Hey there, Coco,” Katie teased.

“Don’t you just love this outfit?” Suzanne gushed. “My mom helped me put it together. She’s so glad that I’m over all that glitter stuff.” Suzanne stared at Becky’s outfit.

Just then George and Jeremy wandered over to see what all the fuss was about.

“What are you supposed to be?” Jeremy asked.

“Let me check my calendar,” George said. “I think I missed Halloween.”

Suzanne rolled her eyes. “You boys don’t know anything. This outfit is very grown-up.”

“But you’re not a grown-up, Suzanne,” Jeremy reminded her. “How are you going to play any games in that getup?”

“Maybe I don’t feel like playing games,” Suzanne argued.

“What are you going to do at recess then?”

“I’m going to spend recess drawing clothes,” she told him.

George made a face. “Boring!” he said.

“No, it’s not!” Suzanne replied. “I can get lots of ideas for new fashions here. As Coco Chanel said, ‘Fashion is in the air. Born upon the wind.’ ”

George and Jeremy had no idea what Suzanne was talking about.

“Forget Coco Chanel,” George moaned. “You’re Cuckoo Chanel.”

Jeremy laughed. “See ya later, Cuckoo,” he said as he ran off toward the soccer field.

“Cuckoo, cuckoo,” George added, sounding very much like a cuckoo clock.

As soon as the boys were gone, Becky held up a her purple lunch bag. “I brought lunch today,” she told Suzanne. “It’s pita bread and bean salad. I’ve got dried figs for dessert. I thought we could share our lunches and have an Egyptian feast.”

Suzanne shook her head. “Sorry, Becky. I have French bread and a hunk of cheese for lunch today. That’s what they eat in Paris. Coco Chanel lived in Paris, you know.”

Becky bit her lip. “Oh. Well, bread and cheese sounds good, too.”

“It is,” Suzanne assured her. “I love everything that’s French. As far as I’m concerned, Egypt is ancient history!”

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