What's up?" asked Beth.
"You mean, what's ," said Eddie, her eyes beginning to glower. "Or, what's to be down. going to be down, that's what." She let sisters over a hedge just beyond the school property. "We're going to wait here," she said, "and when the Hatfords come by, we're going to leap on Jake-all three of us. Before Wally and Josh can even think of stopping us, we are going to stuff Jake so full of snow he'll think he's a snowman. Beth, you push snow down his collar; Caroline, you rub snow in his face; and I'm going to cram a snowball right in his mouth. As soon as you're done, run like crazy and I'll meet you at home."
When Eddie got even, she didn't fool around.
"You mean, what's ," said Eddie, her eyes beginning to glower. "Or, what's to be down. going to be down, that's what." She let sisters over a hedge just beyond the school property. "We're going to wait here," she said, "and when the Hatfords come by, we're going to leap on Jake-all three of us. Before Wally and Josh can even think of stopping us, we are going to stuff Jake so full of snow he'll think he's a snowman. Beth, you push snow down his collar; Caroline, you rub snow in his face; and I'm going to cram a snowball right in his mouth. As soon as you're done, run like crazy and I'll meet you at home."
When Eddie got even, she didn't fool around.
( Phyllis Reynolds Naylor )
[ A Traitor Among the Boys ]
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