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Authors: Nancy Krulik
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with a big bowl of hot, buttery popcorn between them. Katie watched as a fuzzy image came onto the TV screen. It seemed to be a theater of some sort.
“Oh, I remember this,” Katie’s grandmother said with a smile. “It was Wendy’s first tap-dancing recital.”
“My mom tap dances?” Katie asked her.
“She used to,” her grandmother explained. “She took lessons for a while. But when we moved to a new town, she stopped. There was only one dance school, and they didn’t give tap classes. Oh, she was so sad.”
That made Katie sad, too. She would hate to have to give up her cooking classes or her art classes because her family moved. Come to think of it, she wouldn’t want to move at all. Katie liked her neighborhood and her friends.
“Oh, look, the show is starting!” Katie’s grandmother exclaimed.
Katie watched as the fourth-grade girls began tap dancing their way onto the stage. The first girl was wearing a big green tutu. Her crown had a green pointy thing coming out of the top.
“What’s that?” Katie asked.
“It’s supposed to be a stem,” Katie’s grandmother explained. “She’s dressed as a green pepper.”
“A what?” Katie asked, surprised.
“A pepper,” Katie’s grandmother repeated. “The girls were all supposed to be different vegetables in a salad.”
Katie started to giggle. “A tap-dancing salad ?”
Katie’s grandmother laughed, too. “I know, it sounds silly. But they were so cute.” She pointed to a girl in a purple tutu and crown. “She’s supposed to be a cabbage.”
The cabbage girl was followed by a dancer dressed in an orange leotard and tights. “She’s a carrot, right?” Katie asked.
Her grandmother nodded. “Here comes your mom.”
Sure enough, Katie’s mother—or at least a fourth-grade version of her—flashed onto the screen. She was wearing red tights, a red tutu, and a red leotard.
“Mom’s the tomato!” Katie exclaimed.
“Exactly,” her grandmother replied.
Katie watched as her mom twirled around on the stage. “Mom was a pretty good tap dancer,” Katie said.
“She was a great tap dancer,” her grandmother corrected her. “Nothing made your mom happier than tap dancing back then. I felt really terrible when she had to give it up.”
Suddenly Katie got one of her great ideas. She knew just what to get her mom for Mother’s Day.
“I’m so glad you came over today, Grandma!” Katie exclaimed. She reached over and gave her grandmother a huge hug.
Whoops! The whole bowl of popcorn flipped over.
“Uh-oh!” Katie gulped.
“It’s no big deal,” her grandmother assured her. “I’ll just get the vacuum.”
“I don’t think you’ll need it.” Katie giggled and pointed to the spilled popcorn. Her cocker spaniel, Pepper, was already eating it all up.
“I guess he was hungry,” Katie’s grandmother said. “Come to think of it, so am I. What do you want for dinner?”
Katie looked up at the TV screen. Katie’s mom, the tomato, was tap dancing with the carrot, the pepper, and the cabbage.
“Suddenly I’m in the mood for a great big salad,” she said with a giggle.
Chapter 4
“Happy Mother’s Day!” Katie shouted as she bounded into the kitchen on Sunday morning.
“Ruff! Ruff!” Pepper barked as he followed Katie.
Mrs. Carew looked up from her coffee and began to laugh. “Thank you very much,” she said. “Both of you.”
Katie grinned. Pepper wagged his tail.
“This is for you.” Katie put a big box down on the table.
“Wow!” Mrs. Carew exclaimed. “What a pretty bow. Did you wrap it yourself ?”
Katie shook her head. “Daddy did it.”
Mrs. Carew looked over at Katie’s dad. “Great job,” she complimented him.
“Thanks,” he said.
By now, Katie was practically bursting with excitement. “Forget the wrapping paper. Open it!”
Mrs. Carew laughed as she tore the wrapping paper and opened the box. Then she looked inside. “Tap shoes?” she asked.
Katie nodded excitedly.
“Oh, I remember this,” Katie’s grandmother said with a smile. “It was Wendy’s first tap-dancing recital.”
“My mom tap dances?” Katie asked her.
“She used to,” her grandmother explained. “She took lessons for a while. But when we moved to a new town, she stopped. There was only one dance school, and they didn’t give tap classes. Oh, she was so sad.”
That made Katie sad, too. She would hate to have to give up her cooking classes or her art classes because her family moved. Come to think of it, she wouldn’t want to move at all. Katie liked her neighborhood and her friends.
“Oh, look, the show is starting!” Katie’s grandmother exclaimed.
Katie watched as the fourth-grade girls began tap dancing their way onto the stage. The first girl was wearing a big green tutu. Her crown had a green pointy thing coming out of the top.
“What’s that?” Katie asked.
“It’s supposed to be a stem,” Katie’s grandmother explained. “She’s dressed as a green pepper.”
“A what?” Katie asked, surprised.
“A pepper,” Katie’s grandmother repeated. “The girls were all supposed to be different vegetables in a salad.”
Katie started to giggle. “A tap-dancing salad ?”
Katie’s grandmother laughed, too. “I know, it sounds silly. But they were so cute.” She pointed to a girl in a purple tutu and crown. “She’s supposed to be a cabbage.”
The cabbage girl was followed by a dancer dressed in an orange leotard and tights. “She’s a carrot, right?” Katie asked.
Her grandmother nodded. “Here comes your mom.”
Sure enough, Katie’s mother—or at least a fourth-grade version of her—flashed onto the screen. She was wearing red tights, a red tutu, and a red leotard.
“Mom’s the tomato!” Katie exclaimed.
“Exactly,” her grandmother replied.
Katie watched as her mom twirled around on the stage. “Mom was a pretty good tap dancer,” Katie said.
“She was a great tap dancer,” her grandmother corrected her. “Nothing made your mom happier than tap dancing back then. I felt really terrible when she had to give it up.”
Suddenly Katie got one of her great ideas. She knew just what to get her mom for Mother’s Day.
“I’m so glad you came over today, Grandma!” Katie exclaimed. She reached over and gave her grandmother a huge hug.
Whoops! The whole bowl of popcorn flipped over.
“Uh-oh!” Katie gulped.
“It’s no big deal,” her grandmother assured her. “I’ll just get the vacuum.”
“I don’t think you’ll need it.” Katie giggled and pointed to the spilled popcorn. Her cocker spaniel, Pepper, was already eating it all up.
“I guess he was hungry,” Katie’s grandmother said. “Come to think of it, so am I. What do you want for dinner?”
Katie looked up at the TV screen. Katie’s mom, the tomato, was tap dancing with the carrot, the pepper, and the cabbage.
“Suddenly I’m in the mood for a great big salad,” she said with a giggle.
Chapter 4
“Happy Mother’s Day!” Katie shouted as she bounded into the kitchen on Sunday morning.
“Ruff! Ruff!” Pepper barked as he followed Katie.
Mrs. Carew looked up from her coffee and began to laugh. “Thank you very much,” she said. “Both of you.”
Katie grinned. Pepper wagged his tail.
“This is for you.” Katie put a big box down on the table.
“Wow!” Mrs. Carew exclaimed. “What a pretty bow. Did you wrap it yourself ?”
Katie shook her head. “Daddy did it.”
Mrs. Carew looked over at Katie’s dad. “Great job,” she complimented him.
“Thanks,” he said.
By now, Katie was practically bursting with excitement. “Forget the wrapping paper. Open it!”
Mrs. Carew laughed as she tore the wrapping paper and opened the box. Then she looked inside. “Tap shoes?” she asked.
Katie nodded excitedly.
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