Chapter 5 Going to the Ball
Chapter 5 Going to the Ball Chapter 5 Going to the Ball Lucille was sitting in the middle. She whispered real quiet to me and that Grace. "Beg for my poodle," she said. "You promised, remember? You promised to beg for my poodle." Me and that Grace looked and looked at each other. 'Cause we didn't actually want to do that particular thing. Lucille poked us. "Come on! You promised!" she whispered. "You promised to beg!" I did a sigh. Then I thinked and thinked about what to say. Finally,
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Chapter 5 Going to the Ball
Chapter 5 Going to the Ball
Lucille was sitting in the middle. She whispered real quiet to me and that Grace.
"Beg for my poodle," she said."You promised, remember? You promised to beg for my poodle."
Me and that Grace looked and looked at each other.'Cause we didn't actually want to do that particular thing. Lucille poked us.
"Come on! You promised!" she whispered. "You promised to beg!"I did a sigh. Then I thinked and thinked about what to say.
Finally, I took a deep breath.
"Hey, Nanna. Guess what? Lucille wants a poodle, apparently.And so could you buy her one, do you think?" I asked.
"Yes, could you?" asked that Grace."'Cause she is making us beg you. Or else we can't spend the night."
The nanna's mouth came all the way open.
"Oh. So that's what this is all about, huh?Well, my granddaughter knows perfectly well that I am allergic to dogs.So you can tell Lucille that a poodle is out of the question, I'm afraid."
I patted Lucille very understanding.
"A poodle is out of the question, we're afraid," I said.
Lucille kicked her feet up and down.
"Beg harder," she whispered. "You have to beg harder" I did a frown.
"Are you firm on that, Nanna?" I asked.
"No poodle, Lucille!" said the nanna very snappish.
Lucille kicked her feet some more.
"I knew that dumb idea wouldn't work!" she grouched.
Just then, the car stopped in front of a big iron gate.
Grace's eyes opened big and wide.
"Wow! This gate looks like a castle gate," she said. Lucille smiled a teeny bit.
"It's not a castle gate, you sillyhead, Grace," she said."This is the gate to my house"
The nanna pushed a button, and the gate opened right in front of our eyes.
"Hey, that button is like magic!" I said. Lucille smiled bigger.
After that, the nanna drove down a long driveway.She stopped in front of a big, beautiful house.
Lucille jumped out of the car and ran inside. Me and that Grace followed after her.
And guess what? Lucille's house was even beautifuller on the inside than it was on the outside!
There was a beautiful long row of stairs. And a beautiful big bowl of flowers.And a beautiful, giant, sparkly ceiling light made out of glass.
I did a gasp at that glistening thing!
"That light takes my breathing away!" I said. Lucille skipped all around in a circle.
She singed a loud song in our ears.
"See? See? I told you I was rich! See? See? I told you I was rich!" she sang.
She made that song up, I believe.
After that, she took our hands and showed us all the rooms in her house.
She showed us the living room. And the dining room.And the kitchen. And the big giant patio.And the daddy's office. And the mother's office.And the family room. And the pool room where you play pool.And the outside pool where you swim. And the hot tub.And the library. And the gym. And the nanna's room.And the mother and daddy's room.And the fancy gold bathroom with the Jacuzzi.And the brother's room. And a whole, whole bunch of guest rooms.
Then finally, Lucille showed us her very own bedroom!
And it looked like a bedroom where a princess lived!
Lucille's bed had a pink frilly roof on top of it.
"That is called a canopy," she explained."It matches my pink silk draperies and my pink silk bedspread.
And my pink telephone. And my plush pink rug.And my wallpaper with pink flowers in it.
"And see my TV? And my stereo? And my computer? And my CD player?"
She pointed to the corner."And did you notice all of my big stuffed animals standing over there?" she asked.
My eyes popped out at those giant guys. The giraffe was bigger than me even!
Me and that Grace ran to play with them.
"No! Stop! Don't!" shouted Lucille."You're not allowed to touch them! They are just for show!"
"Huh?" said that Grace. "What?" I said. "How come?"
"Because they were expensive, that's how come," she said."Those animals costed my nanna a fortune." "Oh," I said kind of disappointed.
"Oh," said that Grace. We sat down on Lucille's bed.
Lucille shouted at us again. "No! Get up! You're not allowed to sit there!That bedspread is just for show!"
Me and that Grace springed right off of there.
Lucille quick smoothed the material with her hand.
"Don't you two know anything?" she said."This bedspread is made out of silk, I told you. I'm not allowed to get it soiled."
"Oh," I said. "Oh," said that Grace.
After that, Lucille skipped over to her dresser. And she pressed a button on her mirror.
A million bazillion lights came on!
"Look at this," she said. "This is my very own professional makeup mirror!It is the same kind of mirror that they use for movie stars.My nanna brought it all the way from Hollywood, California!"
