Cool Bananas (2007)
“Waves rolled lazily onto the sand. Claudia stretched out on her towel. She opened one eye. Grandpa knelt a small distance away.
How can he go outside like that?she thought.
Grandpa’s baggy board shorts came down to his knees. He was too old for board shorts. He was too old for any shorts. His wrinkled skin belonged to a suntanned tortoise.
Earlier, when she was getting ready, he had knocked and called out, ‘Today would be good!’ When she was finally ready, Grandpa had looked her up and down. ‘W...hat were you doing in there?’ Claudia flicked her blonde hair over her shoulders. ‘I had to put on my swimming outfit, find my shorts and beach T-shirt, put on sunscreen, lip gloss, brush the knots out of my hair and change my earrings. Then I had to get my hat.’ It had only taken him two minutes to get ready. She suspected he had the board shorts on underneath his trousers.
‘We’re only going to the beach,’ said Grandpa. ‘Not the mall.’ ‘You can’t just wear the first thing you find,’ she’d told him.MoreLess
How can he go outside like that?she thought.
Grandpa’s baggy board shorts came down to his knees. He was too old for board shorts. He was too old for any shorts. His wrinkled skin belonged to a suntanned tortoise.
Earlier, when she was getting ready, he had knocked and called out, ‘Today would be good!’ When she was finally ready, Grandpa had looked her up and down. ‘W...hat were you doing in there?’ Claudia flicked her blonde hair over her shoulders. ‘I had to put on my swimming outfit, find my shorts and beach T-shirt, put on sunscreen, lip gloss, brush the knots out of my hair and change my earrings. Then I had to get my hat.’ It had only taken him two minutes to get ready. She suspected he had the board shorts on underneath his trousers.
‘We’re only going to the beach,’ said Grandpa. ‘Not the mall.’ ‘You can’t just wear the first thing you find,’ she’d told him.MoreLess
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