Mimi (2010)
“Dad had said that I could stay in bed because of the long night, but I went to school anyway. By recess I felt so sleepy that I just wanted to fall into a bed.
I get cranky when I’m tired. Maybe if Sarah had known that she would have left me alone, but she just could not keep away.
“Here they come,” sighed Orla as the big bully and her lapdogs walked across the yard toward us.
“Hi, Specs. Hi, Crybaby,” she called before she even reached us.
I looked at the ground. Orla, of course, looked Sarah ...straight in the eye. I wished I was as brave as her.
“So, Crybaby, smile!” she jeered. “Your sister is back home again!”
“Go away,” Orla growled.
“Ah, don’t be like that, Specs,” Sarah said in a hurt tone. “We’re only here to cheer up poor sad little Crybaby. Isn’t that right, girls? So sad since her mammy died.”
When Sarah mentioned my mammy and the girls around her laughed uncomfortably, I felt my jaw tighten and a feeling of hate filled me inside.
“I don’t know why you are so sad, Crybaby.MoreLess
I get cranky when I’m tired. Maybe if Sarah had known that she would have left me alone, but she just could not keep away.
“Here they come,” sighed Orla as the big bully and her lapdogs walked across the yard toward us.
“Hi, Specs. Hi, Crybaby,” she called before she even reached us.
I looked at the ground. Orla, of course, looked Sarah ...straight in the eye. I wished I was as brave as her.
“So, Crybaby, smile!” she jeered. “Your sister is back home again!”
“Go away,” Orla growled.
“Ah, don’t be like that, Specs,” Sarah said in a hurt tone. “We’re only here to cheer up poor sad little Crybaby. Isn’t that right, girls? So sad since her mammy died.”
When Sarah mentioned my mammy and the girls around her laughed uncomfortably, I felt my jaw tighten and a feeling of hate filled me inside.
“I don’t know why you are so sad, Crybaby.MoreLess
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