1 A snorkel 2 My swimsuit 3 A towel 4 A second towel in case the first one gets soaked 5 A third towel in case both the other ones get soaked I was sure Poppy would come along I rushed over to her place and banged on the door Poppy open up Let’s go swimming Poppy opened her door and looked at me really weird Atwhay isway itway she asked Huh Atwhay isway itway Why was Poppy babbling random sounds Come on stop jabbering like that Let’s go swimming I said but she just grinned Immingsway What do you mean immingsway Why are you talking like that 10
Erehay’s ywhay Poppy giggled and handed me a piece of paper that said I’m speaking Pig Latin today because it’s totes fun and makes a nice change In Pig Latin you take the first consonant sound from each word and put it at the end and then add ay If a word starts with a vowel you add way at the end It’s easy and awesome Yours truly Poppy Could I put up with Poppy speaking Pig Latin The answer was clear no way I’d rather go swimming on my own Well then you can’t come along in case you start swimming like a pig and end up out in the ocean See you I told her Eesay ouyay Poppy said and closed her door I was certain Willow would come along I went to her place Knock-knock-knock Yoo-hoo Willow want to go swimming I called out as I opened her door I was met by a great big cloud of hot smoke 11
What are you up to It was so hot inside Willow’s house that I broke into a sweat Come on in Stella I heard Willow’s voice say from the middle of the cloud of smoke Do you have a campfire burning in here I wondered Of course not silly she laughed I could gradually make out her shape in the smoke I’m making experimental muffins she said What are they I’m going to put all kinds of healthy stuff in them she explained She was covered in flour Wouldn’t you rather go swimming I asked But Willow was in her own world all wrapped up in what she was doing I don’t have time I’m going into the woods to pick berries mushrooms and stones she replied Stones to put in the muffins No no stones What did I say that for she shrieked as she picked up her mushroom picking baskets 12
When Willow’s creating things like this I can’t have fun with her I still hadn’t found anybody to go swimming with I went to Dahlia’s place next Dahlia It’s the police Open up I called out playfully but nobody came to the door which was locked Dahlia Let’s go swimming There wasn’t a peep from Dahlia I was just starting to think she wasn’t home but at that very moment she peeked out of the window Hi Stella Thank you for inviting me but I don’t have time she said How come Dahlia glanced behind her and then looked back at me There’s a lot going on here she said Can I come in and see what you’re doing I could just as well spend some time at Dahlia’s place if she didn’t have time to go swimming No you can’t It’s top secret she said What a pain 13
