Disclaimer: See part 1
Author's Note: If the misspellings irk you never fear they won't be sticking around forever.
S is for S: C5 and C2
They said we had to wear camp uniforms.
I got a dress that was all black and gray. And I had to pull my hair back too so it wouldn't be in the way for activities. I wish my clothes weren't missing.
They said we were going to play games today.
My favorite game is Candyland but they didn't have that one. A man gave me a paper with a bunch of pictures of Mom on it. The man's name was Sir. Sir said I had to look at the picture and pick the one that was really my mom.
I was confused at first because they all looked like her. But then I noticed some weren't the real her. See one had her mole on the wrong side. Another one had her eyes the wrong color. There were all sorts of little things that were wrong. I found the real Mom pretty quick after that.
I looked around at the other kids. They looked happy to see their moms. All except the girl in the seat next to me, the one I talked to last night. I almost didn't realize she was crying at first because she didn't make any noise. She was staring at her pictures. I looked too. The woman had a pretty, smiling face. She looked really nice. But she was making the girl cry. I remembered that that girl didn't have a mom anymore.
Sir saw she was crying too and came and took her pictures away. She started crying even more but sir didn't notice. I decided I didn't like Sir very much.
We played another game like that but this time there were pictures of pennies. That one was easy too.
Then we played an alphabet game. Sir showed us a letter and told us what sound it made. We had to say it back. I knew some of the letters. Some I didn't. I think he made those ones up.
They said different words could mean the same thing.
I already knew that.
Sir taught us a bunch of words that meant 'sun'. Some of them used the made up letters. Then he said there are different kinds of words. Some words dee-scribed things. Some words were things. Some words did things. I didn't understand how a word could do something.
I told Sir that. He gave me a mean look. Then he told us a bunch of words that did things. They were verbs. I wish he'd just say that!
They said we couldn't tell each other our names because names were konfidenshel.
That means secret.
So instead Sir gave us a 'code'. My code was C5. The girl without a mom was C2.
At lunch I wanted to ask C2 her name. That way we would have a secret and we would be friends. There were too many adults around though.
Me and C2 raced when we went outside. I won. C2 said it was because my legs were longer. I said I was still faster than her. She could do more monkey bars though. We went swimming too but sir wouldn't let us have a breath holding contest. He said that was for another day.
I think some of the kids should still be taking naps. They got really cranky after dinner and started crying again. I didn't cry and neither did C2 or C17 and C18. Those two, C17 and C18, said that didn't cry because they're too brave.
They said C17 had to go home the next day.
C18 cried. They were brothers.
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TBC
Author's Note: If the misspellings irk you never fear they won't be sticking around forever.
S is for S: C5 and C2
They said we had to wear camp uniforms.
I got a dress that was all black and gray. And I had to pull my hair back too so it wouldn't be in the way for activities. I wish my clothes weren't missing.
They said we were going to play games today.
My favorite game is Candyland but they didn't have that one. A man gave me a paper with a bunch of pictures of Mom on it. The man's name was Sir. Sir said I had to look at the picture and pick the one that was really my mom.
I was confused at first because they all looked like her. But then I noticed some weren't the real her. See one had her mole on the wrong side. Another one had her eyes the wrong color. There were all sorts of little things that were wrong. I found the real Mom pretty quick after that.
I looked around at the other kids. They looked happy to see their moms. All except the girl in the seat next to me, the one I talked to last night. I almost didn't realize she was crying at first because she didn't make any noise. She was staring at her pictures. I looked too. The woman had a pretty, smiling face. She looked really nice. But she was making the girl cry. I remembered that that girl didn't have a mom anymore.
Sir saw she was crying too and came and took her pictures away. She started crying even more but sir didn't notice. I decided I didn't like Sir very much.
We played another game like that but this time there were pictures of pennies. That one was easy too.
Then we played an alphabet game. Sir showed us a letter and told us what sound it made. We had to say it back. I knew some of the letters. Some I didn't. I think he made those ones up.
They said different words could mean the same thing.
I already knew that.
Sir taught us a bunch of words that meant 'sun'. Some of them used the made up letters. Then he said there are different kinds of words. Some words dee-scribed things. Some words were things. Some words did things. I didn't understand how a word could do something.
I told Sir that. He gave me a mean look. Then he told us a bunch of words that did things. They were verbs. I wish he'd just say that!
They said we couldn't tell each other our names because names were konfidenshel.
That means secret.
So instead Sir gave us a 'code'. My code was C5. The girl without a mom was C2.
At lunch I wanted to ask C2 her name. That way we would have a secret and we would be friends. There were too many adults around though.
Me and C2 raced when we went outside. I won. C2 said it was because my legs were longer. I said I was still faster than her. She could do more monkey bars though. We went swimming too but sir wouldn't let us have a breath holding contest. He said that was for another day.
I think some of the kids should still be taking naps. They got really cranky after dinner and started crying again. I didn't cry and neither did C2 or C17 and C18. Those two, C17 and C18, said that didn't cry because they're too brave.
They said C17 had to go home the next day.
C18 cried. They were brothers.
&&&&
TBC