had volunteered as Community Helpers for a month Ever since then Abby and her friends had continued to volunteer at the library The children’s librarian Mrs Mackenzie called them Abby and the Book Bunch because they helped her all the time All of a sudden the library door swung open with a bang Look out Abby shouted Two little boys ran out of the library They waved glittery kites with long paper tails Sydney ducked as a kite tail tangled in her blond hair Abby quickly pulled the sticky paper free The boys ran off giggling Their mom hurried after them Slow down she yelled Sydney shook her head to straighten her hair Thanks for warning me she said 6
Abby brushed at Sydney’s shoulder There is glitter all over you she said with a giggle You look just like Mrs Mackenzie Sydney laughed Mrs Mackenzie always seemed to be covered with glitter I’ll bet there will be a mess to clean up after Story Time she said I don’t mind said Abby Abby returned four books to the circulation desk as they went in A trail of glitter and paper scraps led to the Children’s Area Two folding tables were buried in craft supplies A toddler sat under one of the tables rubbing a glue stick on his stomach Sydney made a face Yuck she said You get Trevor I’ll get the trash can Abby grabbed a toy and knelt down beside the little boy Hi Trevor she said Do you want to come out and play with this train 7
Trevor held out the grimy glue stick Goo he said Abby took the glue stick Let’s trade she said pushing the engine under the table Trevor beamed He reached for the train and the glue stick Goo train he giggled No more glue Abby said The glue is all gone She slid out from under the table and set the glue stick safely in its box Mrs Mackenzie appeared holding a crying child in her arms Glitter twinkled on her face and hair Thank you Abby she gasped Some of the mothers are late picking their kids up Trevor has been gluing everything in sight Trevor smacked the train into the table leg A shower of glitter rained down on the carpet like snow Sydney arrived just in time with the trash can 8
Abby pointed at the paper on the table Do we need to save any of this for another program she asked Mrs Mackenzie shook her head Glitter drifted through the air all around her No she said Just dump it all into the recycle bin There is nothing I want to save Abby and Sydney cleared off the table They had to be careful not to step on Trevor Did you say anything about the play to Mrs Mackenzie Sydney whispered No Abby whispered She’s so busy Maybe we can talk to her later We can’t wait too long Sydney warned It will be too late The play is only two weeks away I know Abby said miserably They had been so excited when Mrs Mackenzie had first asked them to be in the play 9
