NEVER 4-EVER Girls are strong Girls are great sang Nancy boinging into the kitchen Girls have the power to cre-ate She stomped her foot and put one arm in the air At GIRL POWER FOREVER Stop singing that song said Bean grumpily She sucked the milk out of her spoon Then she slurped down the cereal that was left behind Nancy watched That’s got to be the slowest way to eat cereal in the entire world I know said Bean slurping That’s why I do it To make it last longer
puppet fun Well cut it out Nancy said I have to get to camp Today’s the fi rst day As if Bean didn’t know that already Camp camp camp Nancy had been talking about it for weeks And there it was right on her T-shirt in big letters Girl Power 4-Ever For spring break Nancy was going to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp Bean was too young for Girl Power 4-Ever Camp You had to be eleven If you were seven like some people the only camp you could go to was Puppet Fun Bean would never in a million years go to Puppet Fun Nancy dropped her backpack on the kitchen table and opened one of its many pockets Nancy’s backpack was a fancy 8
zebra-striped kind There was a tiny troll doll attached to one of its zippers Bean’s backpack was dirty and orange and she had tried to draw an eagle on the front but it hadn’t turned out right It looked like a slug with wings Nancy pulled out her special folding brush and brushed her already-brushed hair Without even looking she made a ponytail and fi xed it with a sparkly scrunchie Hurry up she said to Bean Just eat it Bean took a long slow slurp I don’t see why I have to hurry she said I’m not going to your old camp You can go when you’re eleven Nancy said Bean scowled No way Camp Ha Not for me She shook her head I’ve got too much other stuff to do 9
