"It's the greatest idea ever!" exclaimed thirteen year old Lisa Young, "Mom
has to agree with it."
"There's only one way to find out," replied her twin brother, Kenny.
"Well, lets go ask her," said Lisa.
Lisa and Kenny walked out of Kenny's room towards the hallway. On their way to the kitchen, they passed their ten- year -old sister, Katie, and their five -year- old sister, Kristy, coloring in the living room. Katie glanced up at Kenny as he walked by and said, "It's your turn to clean out Sally's cage today, I had to do it last time."
Usually, Kenny would have quarreled with her, but he was in a good mood right now, so he replied, "Okay, I'll clean her cage, but Lisa and I have to talk to Mom first."
Sally belongs to all of the kids. She is a leopard gecko, and all of the kids' pride and joy. Sally means the world to them.
Lisa and Kenny continued down the hallway and into the kitchen. Inside, their Mom, Betsy, and fifteen-year-old sister, Mara, were finishing their breakfast of strawberry waffles. Lisa and Kenny wasted no time in sharing their idea with their mom.
"Mom, guess what," said Kenny.
"What?" said their mom nonchalantly.
"Can we go camping, please?" Kenny and Lisa asked in unison. "You said yourself that it was too hot here, and we can camp where it's nice and cool, like by a lake or something."
"Well, the 105 degree weather here in Clovis is rather stifling. I guess a week of camping couldn't hurt. Do you have any suggestions where we can go?"
"Uh, um, no," was their reply.
"I have a suggestion," said Mara. Three heads looked up in surprise. Mara liked plants and animals just fine, but no one thought of her as an outdoors type. Lisa and Kenny, on the other hand, were famous for catching frogs, toads, worms, and any other animals they could find to "examine".
"What's your suggestion, dear?" asked Mom.
"Yosemite, duh. I mean, we haven't been there for years, and this time we can just send the twins loose to climb Half Dome while the rest of us can sit in the shade and catch up on our beauty sleep."
"I suppose Yosemite will work, we can leave next week. But there is one problem, who's going to watch Sally while we are away?"
"You mean we can't take her?" Lisa, Kenny, and Mara asked in accord.
"Of course not. Yosemite is no place for a domestic lizard. She'll have to stay, and that's that."
"Not if I have anything to do with it," Kenny whispered to Lisa.
Ok, that's the first chapter. Keep in mind this is a children's story, so its not going to be extremely complex.
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"There's only one way to find out," replied her twin brother, Kenny.
"Well, lets go ask her," said Lisa.
Lisa and Kenny walked out of Kenny's room towards the hallway. On their way to the kitchen, they passed their ten- year -old sister, Katie, and their five -year- old sister, Kristy, coloring in the living room. Katie glanced up at Kenny as he walked by and said, "It's your turn to clean out Sally's cage today, I had to do it last time."
Usually, Kenny would have quarreled with her, but he was in a good mood right now, so he replied, "Okay, I'll clean her cage, but Lisa and I have to talk to Mom first."
Sally belongs to all of the kids. She is a leopard gecko, and all of the kids' pride and joy. Sally means the world to them.
Lisa and Kenny continued down the hallway and into the kitchen. Inside, their Mom, Betsy, and fifteen-year-old sister, Mara, were finishing their breakfast of strawberry waffles. Lisa and Kenny wasted no time in sharing their idea with their mom.
"Mom, guess what," said Kenny.
"What?" said their mom nonchalantly.
"Can we go camping, please?" Kenny and Lisa asked in unison. "You said yourself that it was too hot here, and we can camp where it's nice and cool, like by a lake or something."
"Well, the 105 degree weather here in Clovis is rather stifling. I guess a week of camping couldn't hurt. Do you have any suggestions where we can go?"
"Uh, um, no," was their reply.
"I have a suggestion," said Mara. Three heads looked up in surprise. Mara liked plants and animals just fine, but no one thought of her as an outdoors type. Lisa and Kenny, on the other hand, were famous for catching frogs, toads, worms, and any other animals they could find to "examine".
"What's your suggestion, dear?" asked Mom.
"Yosemite, duh. I mean, we haven't been there for years, and this time we can just send the twins loose to climb Half Dome while the rest of us can sit in the shade and catch up on our beauty sleep."
"I suppose Yosemite will work, we can leave next week. But there is one problem, who's going to watch Sally while we are away?"
"You mean we can't take her?" Lisa, Kenny, and Mara asked in accord.
"Of course not. Yosemite is no place for a domestic lizard. She'll have to stay, and that's that."
"Not if I have anything to do with it," Kenny whispered to Lisa.
Ok, that's the first chapter. Keep in mind this is a children's story, so its not going to be extremely complex.
Please r/r!
Sturgis Podmore