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The girls were partying and laughing.
"Ding dong, Kate is gone, evil evil Kate is gone!" Maddie sang.
"Maddie, that makes no sense!"
"So? It's true! She's gone!"
"No one is happier then me!" Lizzie shouted. Lizzie had been passing out candy for the last few minutes.
"Ok, ok. Girls, what is going on here! Where is Kate? Why aren't you asleep? What's with the candy?"
Everyone froze. Annie had returned.
"Um, hiya Annie!" Sandra said.
"I see we decided to have a party while Annie was out and about. Just clean up the mess girls. Where is Kate anyway?"
"She's in the bathroom!" Amy hissed.
"Really? Ok. Well, I'm going to bed now girls, so goodnight. Just clean this up for now." Annie turned and went into her small room attached to the cabin. When the girls could hear Annie's snores, they began to whisper again.
"Good one, Amy."
"Thanks. What are we going to do tomorrow morning?"
"I don't know. We have to tell I guess."
"Well, I'm exhausted. Goodnight."
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The next morning, Lizzie woke up surprised. There had been no morning song. That could only mean one thing, and that wasn't good…
"Cabin 3, please report to the Camp office immediately! That is all!"
The girls looked at each other in fear.
"Hello girls. My name is Mrs. Makay. I'm the one you hear announcing everything. I am the head of this camp. I would like to discuss some things with you. Please sit down," Mrs. Makay said, gesturing to the many chairs in front of her desk.
The girls sat down.
"Now, last night, one of the counselors was walking around, patrolling the grounds. He discovered a camper lying on the ground crying. Her name was Kate, and she was from Cabin 3. Now, why was Kate not in her cabin? When we asked her, she said, 'My cabin mates kicked me out'. Girls, that is terrible! Then this morning, I found out that you lied to your counselor about it! What do you have to say for yourselves?"
Everyone began talking at once.
"-she brought it on to herself-"
"-she stole Lizzie's letter and showed it to people-"
"-Kate is so mean! She's so conceited-"
"-she insulted us-"
"-she deserved it-"
"QUIET! I will decide who deserves what in this camp. I think that what you did to Kate was uncalled for. Your sentence is this, you will apologize to Kate, and you will do various chores for a week. Understood?"
"She isn't moving back in with us?"
"No. She is going to stay with Cabin 4 from now on. Now, I hope you have learned your lesson. Go have breakfast."
The girls stormed out of her office.
"I can't believe that! Doesn't she know what Kate is like? Kate deserved exactly what she got!"
"I know! Apologize! Yeah right! I refuse to apologize to her!"
When they reached the mess hall, Kate stood up and walked over to them. "I would like to hear my apology now."
"Apologize to you! You're kidding me!" Mindy laughed.
"Now, or else I'll get your sentence increased."
"We refuse to apologize Kate. We'll never say sorry to you," Lizzie snapped, and she and her cabin stormed away.
"Hello? Um, hi campers! I just wanted to say, this Friday there is going to be a dance!"
Everyone began cheering, but no one noticed the evil grin on Kate's face.
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"Ugh, dishes! I hate dishes! I could have stayed home and done dishes!" Amy complained.
"Yeah, well, at least we're not scrubbing toilets!" Sandra reminded her.
"Any more plates?" Lizzie asked.
"Right here!" Jackie and Beth yelled as they came through the double doors.
"OW!" Mindy screamed. "I just burned my hand on the stove!"
"Quick, Mindy. Run it under cold water!" Amy yelled.
Mindy ran to the sink and turned the cold water on.
"It doesn't get much worse than this does it?" Sandra asked.
"Let's think about the dance!" Lizzie suggested. She kept imagining herself dancing with Gordo. That was the main thing that kept her working hard.
"Good idea, Lizzie!" Amy said.
"I'm going to wear my green blouse and black skirt," Jackie said.
The room froze. Jackie had said something without Beth. Shocking.
"That's my blouse, Jackie! Anyway, I'm wearing it!"
"It's my skirt. Let me use the blouse. You can wear something else."
"No, Jackie!"
"Come on, Beth! You can wear my white blouse with your yellow skirt. Please? Besides, the blouse looks better on me!"
"It looks the same on us! We're identical!"
The two began laughing.
"Well, I haven't decided what I'm wearing," Lizzie said.
"We'll help you pick it out, Lizzie. You need to look extra good for him!" Mindy told her.
"Him? Who's that? Oh, I get it! Gordo!" Sandra laughed.
"Lizzie, when we're done with you he'll pass out he'll be so shocked."
"Whatever! Just so he can dance with me!"
The girls all laughed, and they didn't notice Mrs. Makay walk in.
"What's going on? Why aren't you working? Why is your hand under the sink, Miss Kirby?"
"I burned it," Mindy replied.
"Oh my. Get to the Infirmary now! Hurry up! Go!"
Mindy turned and ran off.
"Girls, I am disappointed in you."
"We're sorry. We were taking a break! We were going to start working again, honest!" Maddie apologized.
"Not this! I mean about Kate."
"What about her now?"
"You refused to apologize! That was mean, girls. I'm sorry to do this, but I'm afraid you cannot attend the dance now because of your actions. I'm very sorry. I wish I didn't have to do that, but you girls really went over the line. Now get back to work."
Everyone was too stunned to say anything for a few minutes. They began working again, not thinking about what had just happened.
"Hey, guys," Mindy said, when she saw everyone walk into the cabin. "They bandaged me up." She waved a bandaged hand in the air.
"No dance," Lizzie whimpered.
"Excuse me?"
"That old witch Makay told us we can't go to the dance."
"Why?"
"We didn't tell Kate sorry."
"No way!"
"Yes. It's true."
"I can't believe that!"
Lizzie was at the point of crying. Her summer was now ruined. She felt tears beginning to well up.
"Oh no! Don't cry, Lizzie! It's okay!"
"Great, Kate got us good."
"Shh, Lizzie, don't cry!"
Lizzie had begun sobbing. "It's all my fault! If I hadn't hit Kate, she wouldn't have left, and we wouldn't be in this situation! I never should have written that letter!"
"Lizzie, it isn't your fault!"
But Lizzie refused to listen, she only knew that now she couldn't dance with Gordo.
The girls were partying and laughing.
"Ding dong, Kate is gone, evil evil Kate is gone!" Maddie sang.
"Maddie, that makes no sense!"
"So? It's true! She's gone!"
"No one is happier then me!" Lizzie shouted. Lizzie had been passing out candy for the last few minutes.
"Ok, ok. Girls, what is going on here! Where is Kate? Why aren't you asleep? What's with the candy?"
Everyone froze. Annie had returned.
"Um, hiya Annie!" Sandra said.
"I see we decided to have a party while Annie was out and about. Just clean up the mess girls. Where is Kate anyway?"
"She's in the bathroom!" Amy hissed.
"Really? Ok. Well, I'm going to bed now girls, so goodnight. Just clean this up for now." Annie turned and went into her small room attached to the cabin. When the girls could hear Annie's snores, they began to whisper again.
"Good one, Amy."
"Thanks. What are we going to do tomorrow morning?"
"I don't know. We have to tell I guess."
"Well, I'm exhausted. Goodnight."
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The next morning, Lizzie woke up surprised. There had been no morning song. That could only mean one thing, and that wasn't good…
"Cabin 3, please report to the Camp office immediately! That is all!"
The girls looked at each other in fear.
"Hello girls. My name is Mrs. Makay. I'm the one you hear announcing everything. I am the head of this camp. I would like to discuss some things with you. Please sit down," Mrs. Makay said, gesturing to the many chairs in front of her desk.
The girls sat down.
"Now, last night, one of the counselors was walking around, patrolling the grounds. He discovered a camper lying on the ground crying. Her name was Kate, and she was from Cabin 3. Now, why was Kate not in her cabin? When we asked her, she said, 'My cabin mates kicked me out'. Girls, that is terrible! Then this morning, I found out that you lied to your counselor about it! What do you have to say for yourselves?"
Everyone began talking at once.
"-she brought it on to herself-"
"-she stole Lizzie's letter and showed it to people-"
"-Kate is so mean! She's so conceited-"
"-she insulted us-"
"-she deserved it-"
"QUIET! I will decide who deserves what in this camp. I think that what you did to Kate was uncalled for. Your sentence is this, you will apologize to Kate, and you will do various chores for a week. Understood?"
"She isn't moving back in with us?"
"No. She is going to stay with Cabin 4 from now on. Now, I hope you have learned your lesson. Go have breakfast."
The girls stormed out of her office.
"I can't believe that! Doesn't she know what Kate is like? Kate deserved exactly what she got!"
"I know! Apologize! Yeah right! I refuse to apologize to her!"
When they reached the mess hall, Kate stood up and walked over to them. "I would like to hear my apology now."
"Apologize to you! You're kidding me!" Mindy laughed.
"Now, or else I'll get your sentence increased."
"We refuse to apologize Kate. We'll never say sorry to you," Lizzie snapped, and she and her cabin stormed away.
"Hello? Um, hi campers! I just wanted to say, this Friday there is going to be a dance!"
Everyone began cheering, but no one noticed the evil grin on Kate's face.
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"Ugh, dishes! I hate dishes! I could have stayed home and done dishes!" Amy complained.
"Yeah, well, at least we're not scrubbing toilets!" Sandra reminded her.
"Any more plates?" Lizzie asked.
"Right here!" Jackie and Beth yelled as they came through the double doors.
"OW!" Mindy screamed. "I just burned my hand on the stove!"
"Quick, Mindy. Run it under cold water!" Amy yelled.
Mindy ran to the sink and turned the cold water on.
"It doesn't get much worse than this does it?" Sandra asked.
"Let's think about the dance!" Lizzie suggested. She kept imagining herself dancing with Gordo. That was the main thing that kept her working hard.
"Good idea, Lizzie!" Amy said.
"I'm going to wear my green blouse and black skirt," Jackie said.
The room froze. Jackie had said something without Beth. Shocking.
"That's my blouse, Jackie! Anyway, I'm wearing it!"
"It's my skirt. Let me use the blouse. You can wear something else."
"No, Jackie!"
"Come on, Beth! You can wear my white blouse with your yellow skirt. Please? Besides, the blouse looks better on me!"
"It looks the same on us! We're identical!"
The two began laughing.
"Well, I haven't decided what I'm wearing," Lizzie said.
"We'll help you pick it out, Lizzie. You need to look extra good for him!" Mindy told her.
"Him? Who's that? Oh, I get it! Gordo!" Sandra laughed.
"Lizzie, when we're done with you he'll pass out he'll be so shocked."
"Whatever! Just so he can dance with me!"
The girls all laughed, and they didn't notice Mrs. Makay walk in.
"What's going on? Why aren't you working? Why is your hand under the sink, Miss Kirby?"
"I burned it," Mindy replied.
"Oh my. Get to the Infirmary now! Hurry up! Go!"
Mindy turned and ran off.
"Girls, I am disappointed in you."
"We're sorry. We were taking a break! We were going to start working again, honest!" Maddie apologized.
"Not this! I mean about Kate."
"What about her now?"
"You refused to apologize! That was mean, girls. I'm sorry to do this, but I'm afraid you cannot attend the dance now because of your actions. I'm very sorry. I wish I didn't have to do that, but you girls really went over the line. Now get back to work."
Everyone was too stunned to say anything for a few minutes. They began working again, not thinking about what had just happened.
"Hey, guys," Mindy said, when she saw everyone walk into the cabin. "They bandaged me up." She waved a bandaged hand in the air.
"No dance," Lizzie whimpered.
"Excuse me?"
"That old witch Makay told us we can't go to the dance."
"Why?"
"We didn't tell Kate sorry."
"No way!"
"Yes. It's true."
"I can't believe that!"
Lizzie was at the point of crying. Her summer was now ruined. She felt tears beginning to well up.
"Oh no! Don't cry, Lizzie! It's okay!"
"Great, Kate got us good."
"Shh, Lizzie, don't cry!"
Lizzie had begun sobbing. "It's all my fault! If I hadn't hit Kate, she wouldn't have left, and we wouldn't be in this situation! I never should have written that letter!"
"Lizzie, it isn't your fault!"
But Lizzie refused to listen, she only knew that now she couldn't dance with Gordo.