Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs by Patricia Reilly Giff

Author:Patricia Reilly Giff [Giff, Patricia Reilly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-53701-0
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 1985-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Richard opened the back door.

He dropped his books on the kitchen floor.

He poked at the fruit on the table.

Nothing but dead apples.

He wished his mother would buy the good red juicy kind instead of the ones with spots.

He opened the back door again.

“Where are you going?” Holly asked.

“Out,” said Richard.

“You're supposed to stay in this week,” Holly said, “until Mommy gets home from work.”

Richard frowned. He had forgotten he was in trouble.

He had forgotten he had lassoed the blue statue. The one on the shelf in the living room.

He had forgotten it had broken into a million pieces.

He put on his mittens.

“Mommy said—” Holly began.

“That's all you know,” Richard told her. “She said if I had to do something for school I could—”

“What do you have to do?” Holly asked. She put her hands on her hips.

Richard wished he could lasso her.

“I have to get some stuff.”

“What stuff?” she asked.

“M.Y.O.B.,” he said. “That means mind your own business.”

“I know what it means,” Holly said. “I'm supposed to be baby-sitting you. You have to tell me …”

Richard took some money off the counter. “I have to get some stuff from the candy store. We're making kits.”

“Well, make sure it isn't candy,” Holly said. “You're going to end up with rotten teeth.”

Richard slammed out the door.

He put half his money in one mitten. He put the other half in his pocket.

That way he wouldn't lose his money all at once.

First he climbed on his old fort in front of the house.

He heard Holly banging on the window.

He jumped off the fort.

At the corner he could see a couple of kids having a snowball fight.

He thought about joining in. He looked back.

Holly was still looking out the window.

The big tattletale.

He went down the block to the candy store.

Inside, Emily and Jill were sitting at the counter. They were having double-dip chocolate cones.

“Want some?” Emily asked. “I had extra money. I cleaned the refrigerator for my mother. I put all the jars on one side. I put all the bottles on the other.”

Richard shook his head.

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