The Thanksgiving Treasure
““Why are we stopping here?” asked Carla Mae.
“Come with me,” I said, starting to climb the fence.
“Why? Whose house is that?”
“Old Man Rehnquist’s.”
“Old Man Rehnquist’s!” she gasped. “We can’t go in there!” Carla Mae knew about Rehnquist’s feud with my father, and being a loyal friend, she was perfectly willing to consider him her personal archenemy too.
“Who says we can’t go in?” I asked, and went over the fence. “There’s a little stream down there behind that barn, and I bet the cattails are... great. I could see them from the road.”
“Are you nuts? He’ll come out and blast us to smithereens with his shotgun!”
“We’ll jump on our bikes and beat it with the cattails if he comes out with his gun.”
“If he comes out with a gun,” said Carla Mae, “you can forget the darn cattails—I’ll be running so fast you won’t even see me.”
“Chicken.”
“Yeah? I bet you’ll run even faster.”
“We’ll see,” I said, pretending to be brave.MoreLess
“Come with me,” I said, starting to climb the fence.
“Why? Whose house is that?”
“Old Man Rehnquist’s.”
“Old Man Rehnquist’s!” she gasped. “We can’t go in there!” Carla Mae knew about Rehnquist’s feud with my father, and being a loyal friend, she was perfectly willing to consider him her personal archenemy too.
“Who says we can’t go in?” I asked, and went over the fence. “There’s a little stream down there behind that barn, and I bet the cattails are... great. I could see them from the road.”
“Are you nuts? He’ll come out and blast us to smithereens with his shotgun!”
“We’ll jump on our bikes and beat it with the cattails if he comes out with his gun.”
“If he comes out with a gun,” said Carla Mae, “you can forget the darn cattails—I’ll be running so fast you won’t even see me.”
“Chicken.”
“Yeah? I bet you’ll run even faster.”
“We’ll see,” I said, pretending to be brave.MoreLess
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