I Dare you?

By Gammy

Betty and Gammy were friends. They didn't go to the same school. So they only got to play together on the weekends. Not even every weekend.

One day Betty surprised Gammy as they passed a pipe. It was used to hang a rope for drying clothes outside. Betty stopped and said, I dare you to push that stick down the pipe. Even at eight years old, Gammy knew she didn't like dares. A dare usually meant there was danger involved. And she wasn't sure she could trust Betty. No, Gammy didn't like danger. But the sticks sitting inside that old pipe in her neighbor's backyard. didn't look dangerous. Why would Betty dare her to do something that seems so easy and harmless? What could possibly go wrong? Gammy walked up to the stick. She folded her hands around it, closed her eyes and pushed! Out came six angry Hornets, "Bzzzzzzzzz", chasing after the children playing nearby, including Betty's younger sister, Judy. "Bzzzzzzzzz".

Everyone ran to Betty's house as fast as they could. "Bzzzzzzzzz, Bzzzzzzzzz.” They were all fast runners, except for a little Judy. She began to cry, "Ough! It hurts mommy! A hornet stung me!" Betty's mother rushed into the room.

"Who pushed that stick down the pipe?" Asked her mother.

"Betty you know there are Hornets down there!"

"Well, she did it!" Said Betty pointing at Gammy.

"I didn't know there were Hornets down there. Sorry Judy got hurt." Gammy said.

Gammy was very disappointed with Betty and she never accepted a dare again.

The End

04 - I Dare You by Gammy