A Llama In The Family

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A Llama In The Family — page 4 — 1 A Thursday Surprise It was the ﬁrst Thursday in May I was sitting at the table chewing on a piece of banana that my mother had sliced into my cornﬂakes for breakfast I was half awake and half asleep so I only half heard her when she spoke There may be a big surprise when you get home from school she said Okay I answered swallowing the food in my mouth You shouldn’t have said anything Laura my father complained He’ll be disappointed if it doesn’t come today What are you talking about I asked I was wide Oh nothing my mother answered Forget what awake now I said That’s the craziest thing I ever heard How can I forget about a surprise I asked

A Llama In The Family — page 5 — Think about your cornﬂakes my father suggested suggested But who wants to think about cornﬂakes I thought about surprises It wasn’t my birthday That was over and done with last month I had turned ten I’d been begging for a new bike but I hadn’t gotten one in December or on my birthday Could they have ordered one for me now Better hurry my mother said interrupting my thoughts You don’t want to miss the bus If I missed the bus I’d have to ride my rusty old bike to school I grabbed my lunch bag and stuﬀed it into my backpack Tomorrow I thought excitedly when I had the new bike I’d ride it to school even if I didn’t miss the bus I’d want to show it oﬀ to everyone everyone I wondered what color it would be See you I shouted to my parents My little sister April was just coming into the kitchen in her pajamas pajamas Since she doesn’t go to school yet she doesn’t get dressed until she’s good and ready She took her thumb out of her mouth Bye Adam she called to me Then she stuck her thumb back where it had come from When I got on the school bus I sat down next to my friend Justin We almost always sit together Hi he greeted me Hi I said back to him Guess what I said wanting to share my good news with him I’m getting getting a new bike today

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