Sarah lay on her stomach in her yard under her climbing tree after dinner, staring at her egg, Jenny. Well, actually, Jenny was both hers and Gretta's. The two of them had been sharing care of Jenny for almost a week now. By Friday, only a few pairs of their fellow day campers still had intact eggs. Today was Sunday. She and Gretta were hoping that they'd be the only ones to make it though until Monday and then they'd win the camp prize.
It wasn't as hard for Sarah and Gretta as it was for some of the other campers. For one, they were next door neighbors and best friends, so sharing their egg was easy. Plus, they had fun with Jenny. They'd drawn on the egg to give her some personality. First a pair of eyes, then a mouth. The nose was a little crooked, but you got the idea. Jenny had a little pink bonnet drawn on and a bit of cloth glued on for a diaper. She was cute.
Sarah was in charge of Jenny all day today. Gretta and her family had left early and were supposed to be back after dinner. Gretta and Sarah had decided that it would be safer for Jenny to stay with Sarah at home rather than go to a wedding and reception with Gretta where there would be too many people.
It was a little lonely caring for Jenny all day by herself. She'd touched up Jenny's eyes, changed her diaper and had even taken Jenny out to collect dandelions to give to Gretta when she came home, but it was more fun when Gretta was there, too.
Sarah hoped Gretta would be home soon. She decided to climb the tree to see if she could see Gretta's family's car coming. She tucked Jenny carefully in her right pocket and the bunch of dandelions in her left pocket and started to climb. It was difficult being so careful of Jenny, but finally Gretta made it to a good perch.
She pulled the dandelions out and tried to make them look a little more alive. They were kind of smashed from being in her pocket. Oh well. The important thing was that Jenny was safe. And she was! Gretta would be so happy that Sarah had kept Jenny safe! Sarah couldn't wait to show her!
Sarah thought she heard the sound of a car coming up the street. She craned her neck to peer out through the leaves. Was that Gretta at last?
What a beautiful up lifting story!
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