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    Sugar and Spice ~ Chapter 4

     

    “What, like the first graders?”

     

    “We could play tag.”

     

    “Boring.”

     

    “Statue?”

     

    Tina glared incredulously at her friend, “Double boring.”

     

    “What about jump rope.”

     

    “Do you have a rope?” Tina asked hopefully.

     

    “No.”

     

    “Then why did you ask?”

     

    “I dunno.”

     

    “Let’s go climb the monkey bars.”

     

    “What did you say?” Dana hoped that she was wrong about what she had heard.

     

    “Let’s go climb the monkey bars.”

     

    “We can’t.”

     

    “Why can’t we?”

     

    “Because we’re second graders.”

     

    “So.”

     

    “Only third graders are allowed to climb the monkey bars.”

     

    “That’s stupid.”

     

    Joshua had been sitting at the other end of the sets of seesaws as he listened to his nemesis and her best friend speaking. He joined in and taunted Tina.  “You think you’re gonna climb the monkey bars.”

     

    “I can if I want to!”  Tina declared forcefully.

     

    “So, you’re gonna go over there and just climb it?  The third graders won’t let you.”

     

    “They don’t own the playground!”

     

    “I dare you to go over there.”

     

    Tina glared at Joshua and at his friends that watched in a circle around them.  “I will!” 

     

    Tina stormed off in the direction of enemy territory.

     

    As the blonde walked towards her target, she looked up at the metal structure.  The monkey bars seemed much higher than they had from the other side of the playground.  She gulped.  She quickly looked back at her launch point.  If no one had been watching, she would have returned and just claimed that she had changed her mind.  She was disappointed to see that all of the second graders were staring.  Dana looked worried.  Joshua and his friends were smirking.  The rest of the second graders looked hopeful.  Tina continued forward.

     

    When she got close, she received her first greeting.

     

    “What are you doing here?  Go back to the baby side of the yard.”

     

    “Yeah.  Go back with babies.”

     

    Tina pretended to ignore the taunts of the older students.

     

    “You heard us.  Get out of here.”

     

    A boy moved to block her way.  Tina ducked around him and found herself at the bottom of the structure.  She refused to look up.  She took a deep breath and grabbed the first rung and began to climb.

    Comments

    1. Jeebus, it’s a real jungle gym out there, I tell ya. Spumoni, you describe recess school yard much as the recreation yards are in those documentaries about life in prison. Are you sure none of those kids are carrying shanks?

    2. Don’t you hate bullies. I prefer the juggle gym myself. You really are sitting at the top with that piece of equipment. Besides you get in trouble if you are sitting on top of the monkey bars at our school.

    3. Hey Spumoni, That was adorable.Tina was a very stuborn little girl as she took on the older kids by climbing the monkey bars. There was a steely determination in her actions that Bette could sense.Then Bette, provoked by the other kids, tried to get Tina to back down to no avail. Their Mexican Stand-off on top of the climbing frame was hysterical.The sweetest section was Bette’s rescue once Tina admitted she was in trouble. This was a heroic act given how she could have left Tina high and dry on the bars for the teachers to help down to teach Tina a leasson.i do hope this is the beginning of a beautiful freindship.More please as I need my sugary fix.Many thanks fmro Your Loyal Fan.

    4. Bette Porter, ever the protector and heroine to Tina Kennard. This is lovely and sweet as everything. I would expect Alice to be the meddling loudmouth in childhood, just thought she would have stopped by adulthood. No such luck. lol Great update. Thanks for posting.

    5. Bette…wonder-kid to the rescue. What a way to impress your young love-to-be. Adorable writing! (Alice…ROFL…can’t keep that motor mouth still even in 3rd grade. Priceless!)

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