And so I quick put away my journal. And I got ready to work on the play some more! ’Cause hurray, hurray! Today we were making our costumes! Mr. Scary got out costume supplies from boxes he brought from home. He gave me and May cardboard to make our ships. Plus also, he gave us ship patterns! He gave Sheldon a ship pattern, too. Because guess what? Sheldon was going to be the Niña! He said he didn't even care that the Niña was the smallest ship. On account of he liked the little squiggle over the n! “The little squiggle makes the Niña look special,” he said. “It looks like a little bird.” Mr. Scary smiled at that comment. Then he told us how to tape our ship pieces together. Plus he showed us how to make banners and sails. “I'm going to color my ship banner red. ’Cause red is my favorite color,” I said. May looked down her nose at me. “I'm going to color my ship banner gold,” she said. “’Cause gold means you're the golden best. And the Santa María had to be the best.
