To Tom and Dov as always and to Cindy and my friends
Chapter One We re Going Camping Sort of I’m Josh Bernstein and I’m excited Why Because the Bernstein family is going camping for three whole days I hope Bagels is coming with us He’s my dog He’s a mutt a mix of sheltie Jack Russell and whippet He’s a great dog except that he can’t keep still and he doesn’t do what he’s told But nobody’s perfect right We’ve never been camping before My sister Becky’s almost six I’m eight That’s pretty old never to have been camping Will there be bears I ask Not where we’re going says Dad 1
What about lions asks Becky Nope says Mom A few squirrels maybe Possibly a skunk or two It’ll be Becky’s birthday while we’re away I’ll bake a cake on the trip says Mom Mom Baking on a camping trip Becky asks if she can bring Blanky Blanky’s a baby blanket she’s had forever It used to be yellow Now it’s closer to gray Sure bring Blanky says Mom We can sleep in the tents Aunt Sharon gave us I say Actually it’s not that kind of camping says Dad We’ve rented a cabin Like the pioneers lived in That’s not camping I say What’s a pioneer Becky asks They’re those long-ago people who didn’t have televisions or bathrooms I explain They hunted for food because there were no supermarkets Becky says she doesn’t want to be a pioneer 3
