Chapter 9 Lucky Bunny!
Chapter 9 Lucky Bunny! Chapter 9 Lucky Bunny! Sheldon found three more eggs. May swooped all of them. Every time she swooped, she shouted her head off. "Four! Four! Now I have four!" "Five! Five! Now I have five!" "Six! Six! I just got six!" Six was Sheldon's limit, apparently. He stomped to my tree stump and threw his empty basket in the grass. "That's it! I'm done! I'm not looking for one more egg for that girl. Let her find her own stupid eggs! I quit!" he said. May came chasing aft
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Chapter 9 Lucky Bunny!
Chapter 9 Lucky Bunny!
Sheldon found three more eggs. May swooped all of them.
Every time she swooped, she shouted her head off.
"Four! Four! Now I have four!" "Five! Five! Now I have five!"
"Six! Six! I just got six!" Six was Sheldon's limit, apparently.
He stomped to my tree stump and threw his empty basket in the grass.
"That's it! I'm done! I'm not looking for one more egg for that girl.Let her find her own stupid eggs! I quit!" he said. May came chasing after him.
"No, Sheldon! No! You can't quit! You can't! Come on! We're a team!" she said."We're ... we're Team May!" Sheldon did a huffy breath at her.
"No, we're not We're not Team May," he grouched. "I'm an egg finder.And you're some creepy swooping bird girl who steals them."
May's mouth opened real shocked.
"I did not steal your eggs, Sheldon Potts!Those eggs were still in the grass when I picked them up!Just because you saw them first didn't make them yours!" she said."Picking them up is what makes eggs yours."
Sheldon started to yell back. Then he stopped and looked at me.
"Shoot," he said. "I think she has a valid point there." May smiled real smuggy.
"Thank you, Sheldon," she said. "You're not welcome," he said back."And I'm still not looking for any more eggs, May. I'm still quitting."
May was not expecting that development. She started to sputter.
"But ... but you have to look for more eggs, Sheldon! You have to!Just a couple more eggs and I can win this whole thing," she said."Plus you still haven't found the golden egg for me yet!"
Just then, the nanna walked by. May reached out and grabbed her arm.
"Tell him, Nanna! Tell him he can't quit!" she said. "Sheldon is on my team!And when you're on a team, you can't quit! It's not fair!"
The nanna looked puzzled for a second. Then she did a little frown and shook her head.
"Oh my. No," she said. "I'm sorry, dear. But there are no teams on an egg hunt.An egg hunt is an individual competition."
May did not like that answer. She pulled on the nanna's arm some more.
"But ... but ... Sheldon has to help me! He has to! He-" The nanna interrupted her.
"If you don't let go of my arm, I'm going to give you a swat, dear," she said.
May quick let go. The nanna smoothed herself and walked on.
Sheldon laughed real loud. "I like that nanna," he said. I smiled.
"I like that nanna, too," I said. I nudged him with my elbow.
"Maybe someday she will be your nanna-in-law." Sheldon did a loud hoot.
After that, we did a high five, and a low five, and a medium five.Then I scooted over so he could share my tree stump. Lucille spotted us there.
Her whole face lighted up when she saw Sheldon.
"Shelsie! Shelsie! I've been looking for you! Where's your basket?" she asked."Did you find the golden egg yet? Huh? Did you, Shelsie? Did you?" Sheldon's face went funny.
"Um, well ... my magic-egg shirt didn't work out that good, Lucille," he said."I kept finding the eggs. But May kept swooping them.And so now I'm just sort of ... well, you know..." May butted her head in.
"QUITTING!" she hollered. "He's quitting, Lucille!Tell him he can't quit! Tell him right now!" Lucille raised her eyebrows.
"You're quitting, Shelsie? Why are you quitting?You have to find the golden egg, remember?" she said. "If you don't find the golden egg,I will have to swim in my pool with someone I don't actually care for."
She started to get annoyed.
"Think of me, Sheldon! You have to think of me!" she said."Don't you know anything about being a boyfriend?Boyfriends do not let their girlfriends swim with people they don't care for!"
Sheldon didn't answer. Lucille's face got madder. Sweat came on her head and lip.
"Well, for goodness' sake! Don't just sit there, Sheldon! Go find that egg!" she snapped.
Then she wiped her sweat on her expensive dress sleeve. And she stomped away.
Sheldon watched her go. Finally he turned and looked at me.
"My little lamb did not actually handle that well," he said kind of quiet.
He paused a second. "Also, she turned into a sweaty drip ball," he added.
Just then, May stuck her head in between us.
"Come on, Sheldon! You heard what Lucille told you!" she said."You have to find the golden egg! Come on! Find it right now!"
Then she grabbed his arm and tried to pull him up. But Sheldon did not budge himself.
He shook her off like she was a bug. I admire that style.
After that, both of us sat there until the hunt was almost over.And then we started walking back to the picnic tables. Only too bad for me.
Because I forgot to pick up my hugie big feet. And I fell down in the grass again.
And that's when it happened! I saw something gleamy!
It was gleaming right in my eyes, I mean! I blinked and looked again.
Then I quick tried to cover my mouth with my paw mitt.
But the words came rushing right out of my lips.
"The golden egg! The golden egg! I see the golden egg!"
May and Sheldon looked down and saw it, too.
For a second, all of us stood there real frozen. And then...
We all dived for it at once! And... SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!
We piled our hands on top! "I'VE GOT IT!" "I'VE GOT IT!" "I'VE GOT IT!" we shouted.
Then suddenly, all of us got very silent. And we stared and stared at our hand pile.
My heart started to pound. I stared some more.
Then my mouth fell open. And I did a loud gasp.
Because the egg was under my giant paw mitt, that's why!
"OH MY GOSH! I really do got it!" I hollered. Sheldon frowned.
"Are you sure?" he asked. He wiggled his fingers to locate himself.
"Shoot," he said. "I was hoping that big paw was mine."
