BETT WAS SURE THE KIDS on the cross-country team were going to be banned from the meet the next day but, “Oh, no,” her mother told her. “All of you on that team, except Mutt Igdris, will be waking up in two hours and getting on that bus and running that race.”
“Fine,” said Bett. “I’m dying to. You know how much I love cross-country.”
Her mother made a face.