Bonanza
Sue was just finishing grooming the horses in the barn, when the visitors pulled in to the yard. Seeing them from the barn doorway Sue turns to her brother.
"Adam who's that?"
Adam looked up from where he was polishing the saddle "not sure" he said walking to the door "I didn't think we were expecting anyone." Adam went over to great them. Sue stood and watched she wasn't a shy person, but for some reason she wasn't sure about these people. The lady looked nice with her long brown hair trailing down her back, and her pale face with the slight rouge of her cheeks. And the man who had his hair combed back in a way that looked like a younger version of her father. So what was it that made her not trust them? Seeing the couple go in to the house with Adam Sue decided to make an appearance. Taking a deep breath she went to the house and entered.
"Ah Sue, I'd like you to meet Dorothy and William Smith" Ben happily introduced the visitors.
"Nice to meet you, if I knew we had visitors I would of changed" Sue said politely `maybe` she thought. She still wasn't sure of these people.
"Dorothy and William are here to work on the school board; Mr Smith will be your school teacher" Ben explained.
Terror ran through her body `a new teacher? Miss Shepard was ok. Even if we did pull a lot of pranks, she was ok`
Seeing as the guests were in deep conversation with her pa, Sue slipped away quietly to her room. `How am I going to get Miss Shepard to stay? ` She thought `I need to tell the other kids.` looking out her window she saw her friends coming down the road. Sue hurried to great them.
"Really? I didn't know Miss Shepard was leaving!" said Jenny
"Nor did I" followed Beth
"I don't trust these people" Sue said the concern in her voice was finding it hard to hide.
"Look out adults approaching" Beth warned
The kids stood up from where they were sitting on the fence as the visitors and Ben walk towards them.
"Sue Dorothy and William are going to be our guests for dinner tonight, I'm going to escort them to town. Would you like to come?"
"No thank you pa"
"Very well, I will take you to the hotel. See you later boy, Sue mind your brothers." Ben said as he rode out of the yard.
"Ok this is the plan" Sue announced squatting on the ground, picking up a
nearby stick. Using the stick she maped out thee ponderosa. "Let the other kids
know the news. I'll find out as much as I can at dinner tonight. Then everyone
will meet at the club house at 8:00"
"You sure 8:00 will be ok, you might not have enough time?" asked Jenny
"Alright 8:30 we can discuss what's happening then come up with a plan. Plus
we'll all be back by bed time."
"What about chores?" asked Beth
"Bribe your siblings, do what it takes, we must meet tonight!"
