Article April 19, 1975 Issue

Love Was There

Betty Lewis Hausrath

Carol had looked forward to the day she was to spend with Nancy. They always had such fun together, and since Mother was going to be away most of the day, she had arranged for Carol to stay until three o'clock that afternoon at her friend's house. Then Mother was to pick them up and take them to a party at the library. At the party Carol expected to win an award for having read so many books during the summer.

When she arrived at Nancy's house, she was a little surprised to see that Margie was there. At first Carol felt a tinge of resentment because Margie lived close by and could play with Nancy any day. "Why should she crowd in on our friendship?" she thought.

After Mother left, things didn't go quite right. First, Margie and Nancy ran off and hid from her. Then they whispered to each other and giggled, but they didn't include Carol in any of their secrets. Carol had a hard time holding back the tears. After several more efforts to play with the girls, she decided to go off alone and read a book. Finally Mother came to pick them up for the party. Nancy and Margie began to say, "We don't want to go to any old icky party—yuuk!" And Carol, wanting not to be different agreed, "Yeh, we don't want to go to the party."

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