Whoa, Medda thought...hold on a second. "My dear, did you say, Barnum and
BAILEY?"
"Yes 'm. I did," Hannah replied.
''Yes, I'm afraid I have heard of Barnum and Bailey, actually, Mr. Bailey was quite fond of me a few years back...but I won't get into that." Medda said. "I guess we could use some fresh talent around here. Do you sing?"
"Only a little, I mostly tumble and dance." Hannah replied.
"Well, ok then, your hired. You start next week." Medda said. She was glad she got this girl; because she had some talent she hadn't seen in a while.
"Wow, just like that? Ok then, um, Medda?" Hannah asked.
"Yes dear," Medda replied.
"Um, do you know if a place where I could stay the night?" she asked tentatively.
Medda looked at the girl. She felt extremely sorry for her. Obviously she was an orphan, either that or a runaway. The circus for 9 years......"Well, there is no where that I know of, but you can stay in the extra room in my home. Just for a few nights anyway..."
"Oh thank you Medda!!!" Hannah exclaimed. She ran over and hugged Medda. Even though she just met her, she knew she would really like Medda. ~~~~~~~~ The next morning Hannah rose with the sun. She was used to getting up early to work. She quickly got dressed, cleaned up her room, and put everything in her suitcase and put her suitcase underneath the bed...to make sure Medda didn't think she was messy. Then she made her bed and climbed out of the window on to the fire escape. She looked out on the city of New York and smiled. She took a slow, deep breath-filling her lungs with the sweet, yet polluted, morning air.
"Well, I'd better go out and look for another place to stay. Medda doesn't want me to live with her long." \
With that she grabbed onto the fire escape and swung around it. Then she flipped around it and landed on the ground.
"AND SHE STICKS IT!!!" she announces-mocking a sports announcer at ballgames. She then walked down to the street. She was looking around when she accidentally ran into a boy-no a guy. He was selling newspapers and when Hannah ran into him he dropped them all.
"Oh my gosh-I'm so sorry," Hannah exclaimed as she quickly bent down to scrabble to get the lost papes. "I didn't see you."
"It'se ok," said the guy. He was pretty tall with brown hair and smiling eyes.
"Hey Cowboy!" a short skinny guy around the same age said. "Are you comin or what?" The boy had ice blue eyes like Hannah's own, and that dirty, very dirty blonde hair that she herself had too.
"I'm really really sorry!'' Hannah said again.
"I told ya-it's ok." the boy smiled. He ran off to catch up with the blue- eyed boy.
She kept on walking. Hours later, she still wasn't successful. She doubled back and soon came upon on a large crowd. Eager to find out what was going on, she casually walked by.
"I bet I could sell twice as you," the blue eyed boy smugly said to the tall one she'd seen before.
"Oh yeah? I betcha ya couldn't sell as much as that goil over dere," he said as Hannah walked by.
"Hey, it's dat goil from earlier di mornin ain't it?" blue eyes said again.
"Yeah it is," the tall one replied. "Hey, come ova heah!" he motioned to Hannah to 'come ova heah' "Have ya eva selled any papes before ma'am?"
"Nope," hannah smiled. "But I bet I could make more money that either of you 'sellin papes'." Hannah LOVED to challenge people especially egotistical boys.
"Excuse me," a short black haired Italian boy said. "I don't believe you know who you're challengin."
"I think I do." She replied smuggly. She put on her native New York accent. "Tommora-me vs. you two put tagether. Who evea makes da most money sellin' papes wins..."
"all da money we 3 make," the blue eyed boy said. "Deal?"
"Deal!" she replied. They shook hands.
"k, go to the distribution center tomara morning at 5:30. By where you ran inta me, unless that's too early for ya?."
"I'll be dere," Hannah said.
"By da way," the tall boy said. "What's your name?''
Hannah turned around and smiled as she said, "Youse can call me Stunner!" ________________________
"Yes 'm. I did," Hannah replied.
''Yes, I'm afraid I have heard of Barnum and Bailey, actually, Mr. Bailey was quite fond of me a few years back...but I won't get into that." Medda said. "I guess we could use some fresh talent around here. Do you sing?"
"Only a little, I mostly tumble and dance." Hannah replied.
"Well, ok then, your hired. You start next week." Medda said. She was glad she got this girl; because she had some talent she hadn't seen in a while.
"Wow, just like that? Ok then, um, Medda?" Hannah asked.
"Yes dear," Medda replied.
"Um, do you know if a place where I could stay the night?" she asked tentatively.
Medda looked at the girl. She felt extremely sorry for her. Obviously she was an orphan, either that or a runaway. The circus for 9 years......"Well, there is no where that I know of, but you can stay in the extra room in my home. Just for a few nights anyway..."
"Oh thank you Medda!!!" Hannah exclaimed. She ran over and hugged Medda. Even though she just met her, she knew she would really like Medda. ~~~~~~~~ The next morning Hannah rose with the sun. She was used to getting up early to work. She quickly got dressed, cleaned up her room, and put everything in her suitcase and put her suitcase underneath the bed...to make sure Medda didn't think she was messy. Then she made her bed and climbed out of the window on to the fire escape. She looked out on the city of New York and smiled. She took a slow, deep breath-filling her lungs with the sweet, yet polluted, morning air.
"Well, I'd better go out and look for another place to stay. Medda doesn't want me to live with her long." \
With that she grabbed onto the fire escape and swung around it. Then she flipped around it and landed on the ground.
"AND SHE STICKS IT!!!" she announces-mocking a sports announcer at ballgames. She then walked down to the street. She was looking around when she accidentally ran into a boy-no a guy. He was selling newspapers and when Hannah ran into him he dropped them all.
"Oh my gosh-I'm so sorry," Hannah exclaimed as she quickly bent down to scrabble to get the lost papes. "I didn't see you."
"It'se ok," said the guy. He was pretty tall with brown hair and smiling eyes.
"Hey Cowboy!" a short skinny guy around the same age said. "Are you comin or what?" The boy had ice blue eyes like Hannah's own, and that dirty, very dirty blonde hair that she herself had too.
"I'm really really sorry!'' Hannah said again.
"I told ya-it's ok." the boy smiled. He ran off to catch up with the blue- eyed boy.
She kept on walking. Hours later, she still wasn't successful. She doubled back and soon came upon on a large crowd. Eager to find out what was going on, she casually walked by.
"I bet I could sell twice as you," the blue eyed boy smugly said to the tall one she'd seen before.
"Oh yeah? I betcha ya couldn't sell as much as that goil over dere," he said as Hannah walked by.
"Hey, it's dat goil from earlier di mornin ain't it?" blue eyes said again.
"Yeah it is," the tall one replied. "Hey, come ova heah!" he motioned to Hannah to 'come ova heah' "Have ya eva selled any papes before ma'am?"
"Nope," hannah smiled. "But I bet I could make more money that either of you 'sellin papes'." Hannah LOVED to challenge people especially egotistical boys.
"Excuse me," a short black haired Italian boy said. "I don't believe you know who you're challengin."
"I think I do." She replied smuggly. She put on her native New York accent. "Tommora-me vs. you two put tagether. Who evea makes da most money sellin' papes wins..."
"all da money we 3 make," the blue eyed boy said. "Deal?"
"Deal!" she replied. They shook hands.
"k, go to the distribution center tomara morning at 5:30. By where you ran inta me, unless that's too early for ya?."
"I'll be dere," Hannah said.
"By da way," the tall boy said. "What's your name?''
Hannah turned around and smiled as she said, "Youse can call me Stunner!" ________________________