School’s almost out. We have to spend the money somehow. We put suggestions 5 on the board: Pizza party. Roller skating. How about thinking of other people? 10 Miss D. says. Kayla raises her hand. A present for Grams, she says. What would Grams like? 15 I put my head down and shut my eyes and think. A big picture of us in front of Pleasant Hill, 20 I say. We vote on slips of paper called secret ballots. Pizza gets four, 25 skating gets three, and the picture wins. From Where the Steps Were by Andrea Cheng. Copyright © 1994 by Andrea Cheng. Published by Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press. Reprinted by permission.
School’s almost out. We have to spend the money somehow. We put suggestions 5 on the board: Pizza party. Roller skating. How about thinking of other people? 10 Miss D. says. Kayla raises her hand. A present for Grams, she says. What would Grams like? 15 I put my head down and shut my eyes and think. A big picture of us in front of Pleasant Hill, 20 I say. We vote on slips of paper called secret ballots. Pizza gets four, 25 skating gets three, and the picture wins. From Where the Steps Were by Andrea Cheng. Copyright © 1994 by Andrea Cheng. Published by Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press. Reprinted by permission.
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