We both said, “No!” while popcorn fell from our hair, and we tried not to giggle.

Mom sighed and handed me the broom and Molly the dustpan. “I don’t even want to know. And I don’t want to see anything either… please clean up this mess.”

I started sweeping and Molly scooped up the piles, but we couldn’t stop laughing.

“Sheep on a log!” Molly whispered, trying to stifle her laughter.

“What are sheep on a log?” asked Jenna.

“What happens when you don’t have ants,” I said, and Molly started to laugh even harder.

“What?” asked Jenna, but she started to laugh too.

Sometimes that happens when we’re all together. We just start laughing and we can’t stop, sometimes over something silly and sometimes over nothing at all.

Mom looked at the three of us cackling and threw up her hands. “I don’t get it,” she said. “But the sound of you three girls laughing is always the best.”

Molly and I settled down and cleaned up and Jenna started to set the table. I felt another surge—this was so nice—the three of us together with our own secret kind of language.

Why would you ever want to leave it? I just wished it could stay this way forever.

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So Jelly!

Coco Simon

About the Author

From cupcakes to ice cream, and now… donuts! Having written more than thirty books about middle-school girls, cupcakes, and ice cream, Coco Simon decided it was time for yet another change, so she’s switched her focus from ice cream to another favorite treat, donuts! When she’s not daydreaming about yummy snacks, Coco edits children’s books and has written close to one hundred books for children, tweens, and young adults.

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