Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal - Barbara Park [7]
I quick swinged the plumpery pillow over to my friend Grace.
“Grace! Hey, Grace! Feel how plumpery this pillow is!” I said.
Only Grace didn’t actually see it coming. And it accidentally hit her in the head.
I peeked at her under that thing.
“Yeah, only that did not even harm you, I bet. ’Cause plumpery pillows don’t hurt people. Right, Grace. Right?”
That Grace did a teeny grin.
Then she took the plumpery pillow off her head. And she swinged it all around. And she hit me in the tummy!
“Ooomph!” I said.
Then I laughed and laughed.
“Hey! I was right! Plumpery pillows don’t hurt people!”
After that, I hit Lucille in the head with my plumpery pillow. Plus also, I hit Grace again.
Then those guys got their own plumpery pillows. And all of us kept on hitting each other very fun!
Only just then, a mistake happened. ’Cause I didn’t even know there was a rip in my plumpery pillow. And so the next time I hit Grace, all of my feathers exploded out of it!
There was a million bazillion of those floaty things.
They filled the whole air, practically.
Lucille did a gasp.
That Grace did a gasp, too.
I danced around very giggling.
“HEY! IT’S SNOWING!” I said. “IT’S SNOWING! IT’S SNO—”
Just then, the door swinged opened very fast!
It was Lucille’s nanna!
She saw me holding the broken plumpery pillow!
My heart pounded hard inside of me.
“Hello,” I said very nervous. “How are you today? I am fine. Except I am having a little bit of a feather problem, apparently.”
The nanna walked at me very slow.
Then she took my pillow out of my hands.
And she hided her face in that flatty thing.
And she didn’t come out for a real long time.
7/Peeping
After a while, the nanna took us back to Lucille’s room.
Me and Philip Johnny Bob got in our sleeping bag speedy fast.
Then that Grace got in her sleeping bag, too. And Lucille got into her softie bed.
“Not one more peep out of you girls,” said the nanna very grouchy. “Do you hear me? Not one more peep.”
She turned off the light and shut the door.
I stayed quiet a real long time. ’Cause I was scared of that woman, that’s why.
All of a sudden, I heard a teeny voice.
“Peep!” it said. “Peep, peep, peep!”
It was Lucille.
Me and that Grace giggled out loud at her.
“Peep,” said that Grace.
“Peep,” I said.
Peep, said Philip Johnny Bob.
Then pretty soon, all of us were peeping all over the place.
“Peep, peep, peep, peep. Peep, peep, peep, peep.”
Lucille kept on peeping louder and louder and louder.
“PEEP! PEEP! PEEP!” she said.
Also, she was giggling very hard.
Finally, me and that Grace sat up in our sleeping bags. We stared at that girl.
“Lucille is peeping out of control,” said that Grace.
“Maybe she is overly tired,” I said. “Overly tired makes your brain go silly.”
“PEEP!” said Lucille. “PEEP! PEEP! PEEP! PEEP! PEEP!”
Just then, Lucille’s nanna opened the door again.
“SILENCE!” she yelled real scary.
Shivers came on my skin.
Then all of us quick crawled under our covers again.
And we closed our eyes.
And we didn’t say another peep.
8/Morning
Morning came very early.
It was still dark outside.
I jiggled Lucille and that Grace.
“I’m hungry,” I said. “Are you guys hungry. I am really, really hungry.”
I shook them some more.
“Let’s eat. You wanna eat? I really, really wanna eat.”
Finally, Lucille and that Grace yawned and stretched.
Then all of us put on our bathrobes and our slippers. And we went down the hall to get the nanna for breakfast.
Lucille shaked her real gentle.
“Wake up, Nanna,” she whispered.
“Wake up, Nanna,” said that Grace.
“Wake up, Nanna,” I said.
The nanna did a snore.
That’s how come we had to pull her up by her arms. And we turned a bright light in her face.
The nanna yawned real big.
It was not pleasant.
After that, she got her robe and slippers. And she went downstairs with us.
We sat at the long dining room table again.
The nanna passed out cereal bowls.
“Oh, Nanna! These are the brand-new china bowls you bought in France! These are my favorites!” said Lucille.
All of a sudden, I felt a knot in my stomach