The "off-limits" house in the meadow

Mary McWilliams Johnson

Diane came running across the mountain meadow. She was on her way to visit her school friend Barbara Kemp, but it had to be a quick visit because Barbara's house was off-limits to her, and Diane wanted to get back before the baby sitter missed her.

She wasn't supposed to come here, because there was a kennel of yelping dogs behind the house that some of the townspeople thought were dangerous. And a lot of people also thought the Kemps were rather strange. But Diane liked Barbara. They had become great friends at school.

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