Evan, Jose, Grace, Hannah, Courtni, and Timmy all got off of the bus. Everything in sight had sand on it, even the boys. One boy had glasses that were dirtier than his clothes! There were holes everywhere. Evan looked around and saw a tarantula. He sort of quickened his pace. And then a man started walking over to them.
"Hello, welcome to Camp Green Lake. " he said. "My name is Mr. Pendanski and I will be your counselor while you're at camp." he said, smiling.
"Hello." the kids said.
"If you would follow me please and we'll go get your jumpsuits." he said. And he led them to a small cabin.
They walked in a saw a man sitting behind a desk with his feet resting upon it. He had a cowboy hat and boots, and was chewing ALOT of sunflower seeds that he was spitting out very impolitely.
"You're late." he said, dully.
Evan was about to talk when he spoke.
"My name is Mr. Sir, when you speak to me you shall call me by my name is that clear?" he asked.
Courtni and Jose giggled.
"Think my name's funny do you? Well, you won't think it's funny when you find out what your punishments are gonna be while you're at Camp Green Lake." he said.
The kids automatically stopped laughing. They just remembered that they're here for a bad reason.
"Now, you need to listen to me and take me seriously! Understood!?" he yelled.
Everyone jumped at his loud voice and then nodded.
"That's better." he said.
"Now here at Camp Green Lake, there are certain, uh, let's see, guild-lines that you have to follow." he said
"You will dig 1 hole everyday to build character." he continued. "You will not complain or wine because everyone here is doing the exact same thing you are supposed to be doing. And I don't hear them complaining. Do you?" he said.
All 6 kids shook their heads.
"That' right. Of course, you will dig your holes with shovels," Grace almost rolled her eyes, but thought better of it "and they will be your measuring sticks." he said. "You will wake up everyday at 4:30 A.M. to have your breakfast. If you wake up late, you miss breakfast and you will not get to eat until the afternoon when the water truck comes and gives you water and lunch. Then you will come back to camp, take a shower, eat dinner, and go to bed. Of course, before you go to bed, you get to 'hang out' or whatever you girl scouts call it, at the Wreck Room."
Grace was offended, she was a girl.
Evan looked at her and gave her a look like "I know, I understand, he's a jerk."
Mr. Sir gave them all 2 pairs of ugly orange jumpsuits and 1 canteen each. The girls got sleeve-less and the boys got long sleeve jumpsuits.
"Put on a pair and use the other pair for relaxation. Put your dirty jumpsuits in your crate when you're finished with your shower so laundry can be done. And please remember that we are not responsible for clothes that don't get washed because you girl scouts forgot to put them in the crate!" he said, rudely. He knew that Grace didn't like it when he called her a girl scout.
"Where do we sleep?" asked Evan.
"Well, I suppose, in a tent, maybe?" he asked, sarcastically.
Evan narrowed his eyes.
"You will sleep in tent D." he said.
Mr. Sir smiled. "Run along now, and go do what girl scouts do." he said, sniggering. "You will dig your first hole tomorrow. If you're hurry, you won't be late for dinner at the Mess Hall, like you probably always are with everything."
Grace shivered; she could tell that they were NOT going to get along while she was at Camp Green Lake.
The Mess Hall
Jose, Hannah, Courtni, and Timmy wanted to sit in the corner, away from the D-Tent boys. They scared them. But the boys wanted Evan and Grace to sit with them. So the 4 young kids thought that it was ok to be left alone for awhile.
"Come sit of here!" said a black kid with extremely dirty glasses. He was sitting at the D-Tent table.
Evan and Grace walked over to them. Evan stayed close to Grace like he was worried about her. Grace was happy that he wanted to protect her.
"Hello, my name is X-Ray." the black kid said.
"And this is Squid, "he said, pointing to a very good looking boy, probably about 12 years old. "What's up?" he said.
"This is Charm." X-Ray said, pointing to a girl sitting next to Squid, about the same age as Squid.
"Hi!' she said and waved.
That was the girl that Grace saw holding hands with a boy. But who was the boy?
"She's Squid's girlfriend." X-Ray said. Right away, Grace's question was answered when she saw Squid and Charm grab each other's hand
"This is Armpit." he said, pointing to an overweight black 14 year old.
"Wut up dawg?" Armpit said.
"This is Caveman." X-Ray said, pointing to a handsome tall 14 year old. "Hey guys, welcome to Camp Green Lake." he said, politely.
Grace smiled. "Thanks." Evan said.
"And this is Zero." X-Ray said. Zero said nothing and didn't even look up.
"Hi." said Grace.
Zero looked up said, "Hello."
"Then who's that?" asked Evan, pointing to a very tall 14 year old boy with really wild blonde hair.
"Oh, that's Zig-Zag." said X-Ray. "We forget about him alot because he's X- Ray twirled his finger and pointed to his own head. "crazy." he whispered.
"Nice to meet all of you." said Grace.
"Yeah." said Evan.
When Evan and Grace were just about finished with their horrible baloney and beans, X-Ray asked, "What did you guys do?"
At first, Grace and Evan didn't know what he was talking about.
"Oh, we-we got set up." Evan said.
"By who?" asked Squid.
"The cops." he said.
"Well, obviously, they were the ones who sent ya here....of course the cops set you up. They set everyone up. What really happened?" X-Ray said.
Evan and Grace took turns telling everyone the whole story about how they got here, starting with the phone call from the police officer and ending with the bus ride to Camp Green Lake.
"Wow." said Charm.
"Oh...oh....oh....I bet.....those cops were the parents of your evil twins sent from Africa to destroy your lives!!" exclaimed Zig-Zag.
"I totally doubt it man." said Squid.
"See man, I told ya he was wacko." said X-Ray.
Zero laughed and said, "Zig, you're crazy!
Everyone looked up at him.
"Well....why is everyone so quiet?" asked Grace.
"Listen, Grace. Zero never talks, to anybody, not a word comes out of that mouth of his. Zig-Zag even had us convinced that he was a mute. But Zero just laughed and talked. Like I said, he never makes a sound. So, we're quiet because we've never heard his voice and you started the conversation that made him laugh." said X-Ray.
"Ooooooooo, maybe you're the evil twins and you're here to melt our brains to goo!" said Zig-Zag.
"Man! Shut-up!" said Charm.
"Well, why should that be so special that I made Zero talk?" Grace asked.
Zero smiled and looked down, happy with what she just said. She was sticking up for him.
"Yeah." said Evan.
Zero smiled even wider.
"Whatever. You don't get it." said X-Ray.
"Don't talk that way to them!" yelled Charm.
Everyone stopped arguing and laughing instantly. Squid nodded and smiled like he was proud of the way Charm spoke up and defended Evan and Grace.
X-Ray and Armpit made a face like they were mad at Squid for agreeing with Charm.
Grace just realized that her sentence here at Camp Green Lake was going to be long and miserable.
"Hello, welcome to Camp Green Lake. " he said. "My name is Mr. Pendanski and I will be your counselor while you're at camp." he said, smiling.
"Hello." the kids said.
"If you would follow me please and we'll go get your jumpsuits." he said. And he led them to a small cabin.
They walked in a saw a man sitting behind a desk with his feet resting upon it. He had a cowboy hat and boots, and was chewing ALOT of sunflower seeds that he was spitting out very impolitely.
"You're late." he said, dully.
Evan was about to talk when he spoke.
"My name is Mr. Sir, when you speak to me you shall call me by my name is that clear?" he asked.
Courtni and Jose giggled.
"Think my name's funny do you? Well, you won't think it's funny when you find out what your punishments are gonna be while you're at Camp Green Lake." he said.
The kids automatically stopped laughing. They just remembered that they're here for a bad reason.
"Now, you need to listen to me and take me seriously! Understood!?" he yelled.
Everyone jumped at his loud voice and then nodded.
"That's better." he said.
"Now here at Camp Green Lake, there are certain, uh, let's see, guild-lines that you have to follow." he said
"You will dig 1 hole everyday to build character." he continued. "You will not complain or wine because everyone here is doing the exact same thing you are supposed to be doing. And I don't hear them complaining. Do you?" he said.
All 6 kids shook their heads.
"That' right. Of course, you will dig your holes with shovels," Grace almost rolled her eyes, but thought better of it "and they will be your measuring sticks." he said. "You will wake up everyday at 4:30 A.M. to have your breakfast. If you wake up late, you miss breakfast and you will not get to eat until the afternoon when the water truck comes and gives you water and lunch. Then you will come back to camp, take a shower, eat dinner, and go to bed. Of course, before you go to bed, you get to 'hang out' or whatever you girl scouts call it, at the Wreck Room."
Grace was offended, she was a girl.
Evan looked at her and gave her a look like "I know, I understand, he's a jerk."
Mr. Sir gave them all 2 pairs of ugly orange jumpsuits and 1 canteen each. The girls got sleeve-less and the boys got long sleeve jumpsuits.
"Put on a pair and use the other pair for relaxation. Put your dirty jumpsuits in your crate when you're finished with your shower so laundry can be done. And please remember that we are not responsible for clothes that don't get washed because you girl scouts forgot to put them in the crate!" he said, rudely. He knew that Grace didn't like it when he called her a girl scout.
"Where do we sleep?" asked Evan.
"Well, I suppose, in a tent, maybe?" he asked, sarcastically.
Evan narrowed his eyes.
"You will sleep in tent D." he said.
Mr. Sir smiled. "Run along now, and go do what girl scouts do." he said, sniggering. "You will dig your first hole tomorrow. If you're hurry, you won't be late for dinner at the Mess Hall, like you probably always are with everything."
Grace shivered; she could tell that they were NOT going to get along while she was at Camp Green Lake.
The Mess Hall
Jose, Hannah, Courtni, and Timmy wanted to sit in the corner, away from the D-Tent boys. They scared them. But the boys wanted Evan and Grace to sit with them. So the 4 young kids thought that it was ok to be left alone for awhile.
"Come sit of here!" said a black kid with extremely dirty glasses. He was sitting at the D-Tent table.
Evan and Grace walked over to them. Evan stayed close to Grace like he was worried about her. Grace was happy that he wanted to protect her.
"Hello, my name is X-Ray." the black kid said.
"And this is Squid, "he said, pointing to a very good looking boy, probably about 12 years old. "What's up?" he said.
"This is Charm." X-Ray said, pointing to a girl sitting next to Squid, about the same age as Squid.
"Hi!' she said and waved.
That was the girl that Grace saw holding hands with a boy. But who was the boy?
"She's Squid's girlfriend." X-Ray said. Right away, Grace's question was answered when she saw Squid and Charm grab each other's hand
"This is Armpit." he said, pointing to an overweight black 14 year old.
"Wut up dawg?" Armpit said.
"This is Caveman." X-Ray said, pointing to a handsome tall 14 year old. "Hey guys, welcome to Camp Green Lake." he said, politely.
Grace smiled. "Thanks." Evan said.
"And this is Zero." X-Ray said. Zero said nothing and didn't even look up.
"Hi." said Grace.
Zero looked up said, "Hello."
"Then who's that?" asked Evan, pointing to a very tall 14 year old boy with really wild blonde hair.
"Oh, that's Zig-Zag." said X-Ray. "We forget about him alot because he's X- Ray twirled his finger and pointed to his own head. "crazy." he whispered.
"Nice to meet all of you." said Grace.
"Yeah." said Evan.
When Evan and Grace were just about finished with their horrible baloney and beans, X-Ray asked, "What did you guys do?"
At first, Grace and Evan didn't know what he was talking about.
"Oh, we-we got set up." Evan said.
"By who?" asked Squid.
"The cops." he said.
"Well, obviously, they were the ones who sent ya here....of course the cops set you up. They set everyone up. What really happened?" X-Ray said.
Evan and Grace took turns telling everyone the whole story about how they got here, starting with the phone call from the police officer and ending with the bus ride to Camp Green Lake.
"Wow." said Charm.
"Oh...oh....oh....I bet.....those cops were the parents of your evil twins sent from Africa to destroy your lives!!" exclaimed Zig-Zag.
"I totally doubt it man." said Squid.
"See man, I told ya he was wacko." said X-Ray.
Zero laughed and said, "Zig, you're crazy!
Everyone looked up at him.
"Well....why is everyone so quiet?" asked Grace.
"Listen, Grace. Zero never talks, to anybody, not a word comes out of that mouth of his. Zig-Zag even had us convinced that he was a mute. But Zero just laughed and talked. Like I said, he never makes a sound. So, we're quiet because we've never heard his voice and you started the conversation that made him laugh." said X-Ray.
"Ooooooooo, maybe you're the evil twins and you're here to melt our brains to goo!" said Zig-Zag.
"Man! Shut-up!" said Charm.
"Well, why should that be so special that I made Zero talk?" Grace asked.
Zero smiled and looked down, happy with what she just said. She was sticking up for him.
"Yeah." said Evan.
Zero smiled even wider.
"Whatever. You don't get it." said X-Ray.
"Don't talk that way to them!" yelled Charm.
Everyone stopped arguing and laughing instantly. Squid nodded and smiled like he was proud of the way Charm spoke up and defended Evan and Grace.
X-Ray and Armpit made a face like they were mad at Squid for agreeing with Charm.
Grace just realized that her sentence here at Camp Green Lake was going to be long and miserable.