Miss Gordon had to give in. All the Brownies except Rosemary decided to go wading. They rolled up their jeans and splashed into the water.
The beach was not a very nice one. On the bottom were many sticks and stones. Veve stepped on a jagged rock and hurt her toe. However, she only laughed. She knew if she made a fuss, Miss Gordon would make all the girls come out of the water.
“Stop splashing!” Connie scolded her friend. “You’re getting my jeans all wet.”
“Don’t forget, we’re supposed to pick cherries when we get back to the orchard,” added Sunny. “We can’t do it if our clothes are soaked.”
Veve moved farther away from the Brownies toward the group of strange children. Among the boys and girls, she saw someone she knew. It was Juan, the little Mexican boy.
“Hello!” she called.
“Hello, yourself,” he returned the greeting.
A moment later Juan walked over to the group of Brownies, grinning from ear to ear.
“Why aren’t you picking cherries?” Veve asked him.