The Big Bad Blackout by Megan McDonald

Author:Megan McDonald [McDonald, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-7032-0
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2014-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

“Whoa,” said Judy.

“By that time, I was drenched,” said Mom, “and my dress was ruined. I looked around the barn for something dry to wear. All I could find was a trunk with some old costumes in it.”

“Did you dress up like a witch?” Stink asked.

“Or Wonder Woman?” Judy asked.

“Annie Oakley,” said Mom. Dad cracked up.

“That’s cuckoo-berry!” Stink said.

“That’s still not the worst part,” said Mom.

“What’s the worst part?” asked Judy.

“How can it get any worse?” asked Stink.

“No Dad,” said Mom.

Judy twisted a curl of hair. Stink tore at a fingernail.

“Three o’clock. Four o’clock. Five o’clock,” said Mom. “Still no Dad.”

“Did you get scared to marry Mom and run away?” Stink asked Dad.

“Of course not!” said Dad.

“Did you think Dad had ditched you, Mom?” Judy asked.

“It did cross my mind,” said Mom. She twirled her wedding ring back and forth. “But mostly I was scared to death that something had happened to him.”

“The power had gone out, too, of course,” said Grandma Lou. “No lights, no microphone, no music.”

“No wedding,” said Mom. “We were all holed up in the barn, just waiting, listening to the storm rage, when — Blammo! — off blew the barn doors! I remember seeing cocktail shrimp bobbing and floating like rubber duckies in a puddle.”

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