The Riddle of the Red Purse
“Ms. Rooney’s class marched down to the cafeteria.
“Well?” Sherri said.
“How about it?” asked Linda.
Jill didn’t say anything. She just sniffed.
Dawn raised one shoulder. “I didn’t look yet. My group had reading. I had math and everything.”
“Time to eat,” the lunch monitor said. “You can talk later.”
Dawn slid into the seat next to Jason.
Jason was having peanut butter and jelly.
That’s what he always had.
Dawn had cheese.
“Want to swap?” she asked him.
“Are you kidding?” He took a big bite. The... jelly dripped on the table.
Jill was at the next table. She leaned over. “I’ll swap,” she said. “I love cheese.”
Dawn ate Jill’s ham sandwich.
She started her dessert.
Apples and cookies.
The best kind.
She told Jason about the papers.
“Great idea,” said Jason. “There was one dime, one nickel, and two pennies. Right?”
“Right,” said Dawn. “Careful with that jelly. It’ll get on my sweater.”
She opened the first paper.
It was Sherri’s.MoreLess
“Well?” Sherri said.
“How about it?” asked Linda.
Jill didn’t say anything. She just sniffed.
Dawn raised one shoulder. “I didn’t look yet. My group had reading. I had math and everything.”
“Time to eat,” the lunch monitor said. “You can talk later.”
Dawn slid into the seat next to Jason.
Jason was having peanut butter and jelly.
That’s what he always had.
Dawn had cheese.
“Want to swap?” she asked him.
“Are you kidding?” He took a big bite. The... jelly dripped on the table.
Jill was at the next table. She leaned over. “I’ll swap,” she said. “I love cheese.”
Dawn ate Jill’s ham sandwich.
She started her dessert.
Apples and cookies.
The best kind.
She told Jason about the papers.
“Great idea,” said Jason. “There was one dime, one nickel, and two pennies. Right?”
“Right,” said Dawn. “Careful with that jelly. It’ll get on my sweater.”
She opened the first paper.
It was Sherri’s.MoreLess
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