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The long Way

“You think I would be happy coming home from camp, right?” asked Susie.

“Don’t you have your friends there?” asked her mom, taking her backpack.

“Yes, but the only friends I had there were my turtle and a girl named Natalie, but I left early, Susie exclaimed. “And Natalie left two weeks after camp started, because she got bit by a snake,” Susie said rolling her eyes.

“Well, you could have made more friends, there are still three weeks left of camp and you are going!” said her mom.

“No, I am not. I am tired of using the out houses, having to walk around in the rain, and all the mosquito bites.”

“Okay fine, go clean yourself up. and Get ready we can go out for ice cream.”

“Thanks,” Susie said with relief.

Later, as they drove to the ice cream parlor, Susie asked, “Is this the way we always go for ice cream?”

“No, I took the long way,” answered Mom. “And can you get my jacket in the back.”

“Sure.”

As Susie reached behind her, she realized her suitcase, her sleeping bag, her plants, and more of her camping stuff were in the back.

“WHAT IS ALL OF THIS!?” Susie asked furiously.

“I told you that you are going to camp. Did you think I would give up that easily?” asked her mom sarcastically.

“There’s the camp right now. Now say goodbye to me before you go,” said her mom.

Later on…

“That’s how I ended up here, waiting,” Susie said to her friend Natalie, who came back from the hospital.


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