The Different Girl
“Irene called out for Robbert. When he called back, everyone had to search to find where the sound was coming from.“Under here!” he called again, and we saw him on his hands and knees behind the classroom steps. He made a big grunting sound and a large blue plastic barrel appeared. Robbert shoved the barrel into the courtyard—yelling for us to get out of the way—and then scrambled up in front of the barrel to stop its roll.Everyone spent the rest of the day setting up Caroline’s rain trap. First... the barrel was cleaned with an orange powder that Robbert mixed with water, changing it to a bright gel he rubbed over the inside of the barrel. We thought he would then have to waste water to rinse it off, but he said that we could just filter any rainwater that the barrel caught—which we had to do anyway, because of the sky—and it would strain out the orange chemicals. After this everyone helped to hang the canvas on the slanted edge of the kitchen roof, which meant Robbert and Irene getting on the roof and all four of us holding the canvas as best we could down below.MoreLess
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