Growing Up Daisy Book 3: Daisy's Field Trip Adventure
Ms Lilly smiled Kudos kudos kudos kiddos she exclaimed It is a clue and that's all I can tell you for now Then she wrote in large letters on the other side of the board Poetry loves words Ms Lilly told the class they would be studying poetry all week long She announced they would each have a poetry pal Blanca leaned across the aisle and whispered Hey Daisy let's be pals
Just as Daisy nodded yes Ms Lilly pulled a round glass fishbowl out of her straw bag She pushed the bowl to the front of her desk and asked Is everyone ready to go fishing I mean fishing for a poetry pal Daisy heard Jason groan Jason was a brainiac He earned all A's and never wanted to work with a partner Ms Lilly called Row one come on down Lizzie was the first one to pull a name She pulled out Amber's name Everyone liked Amber She was nice Two more kids went fishing and then it was Daisy's turn She had been chanting quietly Let it be Blanca let it be Blanca Daisy shoved her hand in the bowl and swirled it around three times Usually three was one of her lucky numbers Daisy pulled out the small folded paper She held her breath as she slowly opened it She saw neat black letters that spelled trouble
Actually the letters on the paper were M a d i s o n Daisy was nervous She would be okay with it but Madison could be snotty sometimes Ms Lilly was waiting She said Daisy what kind of fish did you get Who is on your paper Daisy wanted to say she got a stinky fish but that wouldn't be nice Besides sometimes she liked Madison Instead she said I've got Madison From the other side of the room Madison said Nooo Ms Lilly do I have to have Daisy as my poetry pal Can't she choose again I really think Lizzie should be my pal Ms Lilly said Madison Lizzie already has a pal but I'll let Daisy throw her fish back in the bowl if you insist Daisy sighed with relief She swished her hand in the fish bowl three times and pulled a
new name It was Blanca She thought Three really is my lucky number this time The rest of the row continued to fish for names but Daisy and Blanca hardly noticed They were busy celebrating the fact that they were going to work together When it was Raymond's turn he pulled out a paper and gave it to Ms Lilly She read it and then announced the name Madison From across the room Daisy could see Madison's face was bright red like a chili pepper but she didn't say anything Ms Lilly had already allowed Madison one chance to get another partner Daisy felt sorry for Madison and for Raymond She didn't think they would like working together For one thing Raymond didn't usually do his work Raymond shuffled back to his seat and sat down Ms Lilly said We are making a
