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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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