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
She was sure that Ivy had never once in her whole life climbed a tree and fallen out Bean got bored just looking at her So when her mother said she should play with Ivy Bean just shook her head No thanks she said You could give it a try You might like her said Bean’s mom All aboard Next train for Boring is leaving now yelled Bean Her mother frowned That’s not very nice Bean I was nice I said no thanks said Bean I just don’t want to Okay Okay okay Her mother sighed Have it your way So for weeks and weeks Bean didn’t play with Ivy But one day something happened that changed her mind 11
