Mary stared at the window. Nothing. She was watching for her friend Kate because they were going to do a puppet show on the grass next to sidewalk. Mom walked into the room.
“Mary, Kate called and said that she’ll be here in about 15 minuets. She had to help her ‘very grouchy’ sister bake a cake,” she informed Mary.
Mary sighed. “I guess I’ll listen to the radio while I wait. I need to find out if we need to make a big cover for the rain or not. I have the materials,” she said. As Mary flicked the radio on, the doorbell rang. Mary ran to the door. Mrs. Fuinol was there.
“Mary, is your mom home? I have to give her this,” she said. Mary was about to get mom when mom bumped into her.
“Hi, Tracy,” said Mrs. Fuinol. “I was wondering. I saw a sign next to your house that was showing a picture of a puppet booth. It said over the top, ‘the M.A.K. Puppet Shows’ underneath in small letters it said, ‘the next show is on the 6th of August at 2:00 pm.’ I was wondering if it cost any thing.” “well yes. It costs 5˘ a person. You have to come at 2:00 if you want to watch.” “well, thanks for telling me. I rreally must be going. Goodbye. Oh wait, have you read the paper today? All about this boy who...” Mrs. Fuinol’s voice drifted off as Mary went back to the radio. She did NOT want to listen to the story. She could tell by the beginning that it was not interesting.
The radio shouted as she came back, “50% CHANCE OF SPRINKLING IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STATE, IN THE MIDDLE, 10%, IN THE SOUTH, 20%, IN THE WEST, 60% AND IN THE EAST, 90%. IN THE SOUTHWEST, THERE IS NO EXPECTED RAIN WHATSOEVER. KEEP SAFE EVERYWHERE. THIS IS ... THE PPC NEWS.”
Mary sighed. She lived in the east. That meant lots of rain most likely. But she had wanted to make the cover. When Kate came, they began to make the cover just in case. When the were sewing it together, they heard thunder.
“oh no! What if we don’t finish by 2?” cried Kate.
“I don’t know, Kate!” they finished 5 after 2. They ran out and 13 people were waiting. They had umbrellas. They smiled when Mary and Kate came out. More people came. Soon there where enough people to make $1.50!! It went perfectly.
Posted by Kim at June 28, 2005 9:12 AMwow, I would like to see a puppet show that's good enough for 30 people to stand in the rain to watch it!
Last year it poured buckets of rain during our 4th of July parade. We didn't go, but I heard a few people crouched in doorways, and there were just fire trucks and the people running for local government. The kids in the doorways got tons and tons of candy thrown to them, but a lot of the candy was wet. I hope it doesn't rain this year!
I hope the cover worked and none of the puppets got too wet. Next week do we get to hear what the puppet show was about?
Neat story!
Posted by: DawnP at June 28, 2005 1:42 PMWell done! I really enjoyed reading your story.
Posted by: Rosanne at June 29, 2005 7:22 AM