NO THANKS Before Bean met Ivy she didn’t like her Bean’s mother was always saying that Bean should try playing with the new girl across the street But Bean didn’t want to She’s seven years old just like you said her mother And she seems like such a nice girl You could be friends
I already have I already have friends said Bean friends said Bean And that was true And that was true Bean Bean did have a lot of friends But really she didn’t want to play with Ivy because her mother was right Ivy did seem like such a nice girl Even from across the street she looked nice But nice Bean knew is another word for boring Ivy sat nicely on her front steps Bean zipped around her yard and yelled Ivy had long curly red hair pushed back with a sparkly headband Bean’s hair was black and it only came to her chin because it got tangled if it was any 8 8
longer When Bean put on a headband it fell off Ivy wore a dress every day Bean wore a dress when her mother made her Ivy was always reading a big book Bean never read big books Reading made her jumpy Bean was sure that Ivy never stomped in puddles She was sure that Ivy never smashed rocks to find gold 9
