Archive for May, 2008

Sparkle Girl’s Diary VII

Dear Diary,

Sammy lives down the street. He comes over to our house to play sometimes. He won’t be coming over many more times because his family is moving to Georgia. His Daddy is from Georgia so he says they are going home.

They put a “For Sale” sign right by the sidewalk that we walk down when we take a walk around the block after supper. The sign is taller than I am. The part that says “For Sale” hangs from a post and swings when the wind blows.

Sometimes, when we walk past it, Doobins pretends to walk into it by accident. He hits his head on the sign and falls down on his bottom. (We aren’t allowed to say “butt.”) It doesn’t hurt because he lands on the grass. Seeing him fall down on his bottom in the grass makes everyone laugh.

In one of the movies that Doobins likes, Puss ‘n Boots says, “I shame myself.” Sometimes, Doobins walks into the living room and says, “I shame myself” just like the rat. We laugh when he does that, too.

Sammy saw us playing in our front yard today and came over to play with us. After a while, Doobins got mad because he thought that Sammy was playing more with me than with him. He stomped off. He slammed the door when he went into the house. We’re not supposed to slam the door but sometimes we do it anyway.

Momma told Sammy that she was sorry that Doobins was mean to him and that she hoped it didn’t hurt his feelings.

He said, “Naaaaa, I don’t ever really get my feelings hurt.”

Momma said, “Really! How do you do that?”

He said, “I don’t know exactly. At Sunday school, the teacher told us that you lose when you get mad and that you win if you don’t get mad. I learned other things by thinking and thinking and thinking.”

“You’re very smart,” Momma said.

“Yeah, sometimes I am,” he said.

Signed, Sparkle Girl