Excerpt from REMEMBER DELLA Eight-year-old Gordy is talking a mile a minute as he explains why his school bus was running late: “You shoulda seen it! Sammy Spellman throwed up on prissy ol’ Betsy Simpson on the bus! We had beets for lunch an’ Sammy ate a whole bowl of ‘em. I bet that’s what made Sammy throw up. He says he likes them, but I don’t believe him for a minute. I think he just eats ‘em to show off. But the really good part is that Sammy’s throw up was all red – like he was throwing up blood! Then ol’ Betsy started crying an’ everything, and Cindy Walker started gagging ‘cause it splattered all over her shoes and then she throwed up. It was so cool! They were sitting across the aisle from me, an’ I got to see it all. And then Betsy, with her weirdo-self, told Mikey Olson that she was going to wipe throw up on him ‘cause he laughed at her. And the bus driver had to stop the bus an’ calm everybody down. It was Coolsville! I could see Momma was trying to keep a straight face as she said, “Gordy that’s enough – there is nothing cool about someone throwing beets up all over the place.” “Well, I couldn’t be sure but, from the smell, I think Sammy must’ve been sick at both ends. I tell–” “Gordy!!!” Gordy was treading on thin ice. “It’s the truth! I tell you, it was enough to gag a maggot. Everybody sitting around them looked like they were gonna puke – ‘cept me.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:52:13 +0000
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