"Ouch," said Ivy , peeking through a hole in her sandwich. "Doesn’t that hurt?" |
"No. I'm just dizzy," said Bean. She sat up, and the playground began to tilt. Ugh. She lay down again. Now Emma stood up. She lifted her hands above her head, took a big breath, and began. She did nine good cartwheels before she fell on her head. "Are you all right?" Ivy asked Emma with her mouth full of peanut butter. "Sort of," said Emma. Now it was Zuzu's turn. Zuzu was the best cartwheeler in the Gymnastics Club. She was also the best backbender. She could do seven round-offs in a row. Nobody else could do even one. Zuzu pulled down her ruffled pink shirt and raised her hands. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve cartwheels, and still Zuzu landed on her feet. |
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