They Really Like Me

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My big sisters are mean. They won’t let me watch 
television with them..

 
 
 
 
 
 

Abby takes my toys away from me.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And Penny won’t give me any popcorn.

 
 
 
 
 

But really… they like me.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mother said, “I’m going to the market. I won’t be long. 
You girls take care of Joshua while I’m gone.” 
“Okay,” Penny said. 
“We’ll take care of Josh all right,” said Abby.

 
 
 
 

“She means take care of me NICELY!” I said. 
“Don’t worry, we’ll be nice. Won’t we, Penny?” 
“Sure we will,” Penny said. “As long as he’s 
nice to us, we’ll be nice to him.” 
“Yikes! Let me out of here!”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“Will you play with me?” 
“Not now, Josh,” Abby said. “I’m busy.”

 
 
 

“Please play with me, Abby.” 
“Stop it, Josh!” Abby said. “Go play by yourself.” 
“You’re supposed to take care of me,” I said. 
“Those are mother’s things! You’re going to get in trouble!”

 
 
 
 
 
 

“Do you think we should take care 
of him now?” Penny asked. 
“Yes,” said Abby. “I think we should 
take care of him REAL GOOD!”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“What shall we do with him?” Abby asked. 
“Let’s blindfold him,” said Penny. 
“And carry him far away,” said Abby. 
“No!” I said. “No!”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“Far away into the woods,” Penny said. 
“And leave him there!” said Abby. “And we’ll 
tell Mother he ran away.” 
“What a good idea,” said Penny. 
“No! You can’t!” I said. “No!”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“Here we are in the woods,” said Abby. 
“Yes, this is a good place,” said Penny. “Let’s 
leave him here.” 
“Good-bye, Josh!” Abby said.

 
 
 
 
 

“Look out, Abby! Here comes a bear!” 
Abby screamed. “Run, Penny! Run!” 
“Help! Help!” I yelled.

 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 

“Where’s Josh?” Abby asked. 
“I don’t know,” said Penny. “Maybe the bear 
got him.” 
“No, I mean it, Penny. I can’t find him. What if 
he really did run away?”

 
 
 
 
 

“Josh! Where are you?”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“Joshua! Josh, if you are hiding, please come out.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“Come on, Josh,” said Penny. “We’ll play 
with you now.” 
“We’re sorry, Josh,” said Abby. “We’ll NEVER 
do that to you again.”

 
 
 
 
 

“Do you promise?” I asked. 
“Cross my heart,” said Abby. 
“Me too,” said Penny.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Penny gave me a whole pack of gum... 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

...and Abby said we could watch whatever I 
wanted on television. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

They really like me. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The End