“Jess Aarons.” Too bad May Belle’s girl came in the wrong size.
“Well—well.” He nodded at her. “See you.” He turned toward the house.
No use trying to run any more this morning. Might as well milk Miss Bessie and get that out of the way.
“Hey!” Leslie was standing in the middle of the cow field, her head tilted and her hands on her hips.
“Where you going?” “I got work to do,” he called back over his shoulder.
When he came out later with the pail and stool, she was gone.
THREE The Fastest Kid in the Fifth Grade
Jess didn’t see Leslie Burke again except from a distance until the first day of school, the following Tuesday,
when Mr. Turner brought her down to Mrs. Myers’ fifth-grade class at Lark Creek Elementary.
Leslie was still dressed in the faded cutoffs and the blue undershirt.
She had sneakers on her feet but no socks. Surprise swooshed up from the class like steam from a released radiator cap.
They were all sitting there primly dressed in their spring Sunday best.
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