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as afraid
she might。 She just handed it over and then backed away。
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I was relieved; but I also felt like a weenie。 When I'd seen where my kite was trapped; I was
sure it was a goner。 Not Juli。 She scrambled up and
got it down in no time。 Man; it was embarrassing。
So I made a mental picture of how high she'd climbed; and the next day I set off to outdo her
by at least two branches。 I made it past the crook; up
a few limbs; and then — just to see how I was doing — I looked down。
Mis…take! It felt like I was on top of the Empire State Building without a bungee。 I tried looking
up to where my kite had been; but it was hopeless。 I
was indeed a tree…climbing weenie。
Then junior high started and my dream of a Juli…free existence shattered。 I had to take the
bus; and you…know…who did; too。 There were about
eight kids altogether at our bus stop; which created a buffer zone; but it was no fort zone。
Juli always tried to stand beside me; or talk to me; or
in some other way mortify me。
And then she started climbing。 The girl is in the seventh grade; and she's climbing a tree —
way; way up in a tree。 And why does she do it? So
she can yell down at us that the bus is five! four! three blocks away! Blow…by…blow traffic
watch from a tree — what every kid in junior high feels like
hearing first thing in the morning。
She tried t
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