Today is Saturday.
Andrew called goodbye to his mom. His mother asked him to wait a minute and hurried over to him. She almost tripped on her long bathrobe. The curlers in her hair scratched Andrew’s face as she checked his ears and neck. Andrew begged to his mother if they could skip it just once. Mrs Marcus stepped away from Andrew. She pointed a finger at him and said okay, she would let him go this time, but the next day she was looking again. And she asked Andrew to zip his pants. Andrew looked down. Zippers were a pain! His mother told him that that afternoon when he came home she would be next door, because Mrs. Burrows had invited her to play cards and asked him to came get the key from her. Andrew said he knew that and then raced to school. He could hardly wait to see the secret recipe. First he would look at it and if it didn’t seem any good, he just wouldn’t pay. Sharon was already at her desk when Andrew arrived. He went right over to her. He asked if she had brought it. Sharon opened her eyes real wide and asked what she should bring. Andrew was a little mad and said loudly that it was certainly the secret recipe for freckle juice.
