Grace had pulled the cat out of the
baby pool once. She also got a water gun out of the bottom of the pool. So,
James called her ‘Saving Grace’, which he heard somewhere. He thought of her as
the bravest, most smart person in the world, because she knew how to swim
underwater.
He would never get his head wet. Ever.
No matter what. But he would swim, super carefully. With a life vest. But
really, he would rather just dip his feet in the pool than swim.
But Grace had GOGGLES.
If James had goggles, he KNEW he could
swim underwater.
But where would he find some?
Buying was out of the question,
because he had no money.
His birthday was in December. So was
Christmas. It was long past Easter.
Then he had an idea.
“Grace! Grace?”
He ran shouting into the living room.
No Grace. Grace’s room. Nope.
She wasn’t anywhere else. That left
the pool.
He sighed, then went out to the back
deck. Of course. She was in the pool.
“Grace? Can I- do you- happen to have
an extra pair of goggles?”
She looked at him funny for a minute.
Then she laughed.
“No, James, I don’t. What makes you
want goggles so much? You don’t actually like swimming very much. But I’ll ask April
if she has any, OK?”
“OK.”
James went into the front yard. There
he saw it. The sign.
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He followed it to Louis and Lois’s house.
The twins were in the driveway, sitting at a card table.
“hi guys. What’re you doing?” he
asked.
“selling lemonade! Want to help?”
Lois’s burnt orange curls were held
back with blue headband. Louis’s brown hair was waving around wildly in the
wind. (it was a very windy day).
James grinned.
“Sure!”
Mrs. Mint came out with a pitcher of
lemonade.
“hi there, James! Here’s your
lemonade, guys. Have fu-un!”
Then she was gone. She was like that.
And so, the lemonade sale began.
