I’m pretty sure I know how much sleep we got before the gourd blew for breakfast. DOO DO DO LOOooo! About three minutes. My eyes were stuck shut, and so were Vinny’s. But somehow we put our feet on the floor and walked out the door. Somehow, we also managed to follow Theo across the clearing and to the dining hall. “For some reason,” Theo said on the way, “I couldn’t wake up Scot and Perth. They must be exhausted from all the practice for Pioneer Day.” “That must be it,” I said, trying to pull my eyelids open. We sat as far from Ryan and Billy as we could. But even though there were twenty kids between us, Vinny and I could still see the two of them talking. “They must be wondering where all those holes under the hammock came from,” Vinny whispered into my ear. “Let’s not wait to find out.” We hightailed it out of the dining room and into the clearing. Partly to avoid any questions from Ryan and Billy. And partly because we had a lot to do. Pioneer Day was just a few days away.
