back.”
“Did you take the flags, too, Lizzie?” Henry asked.
Lizzie looked confused. “The flags? No.”
“I did,” Zach confessed. “Just for a little while. Then my dad found them in my room at home. He put them back in your cabin yesterday. Flag Ceremony was my favorite job, but then the Gullens gave it to you. My dad and other people in my family always did Flag Ceremony. That’s my uncle playing on the bugle tape. I know it doesn’t sound as good as Henry’s bugle, but it sounds good to us.”
Rich walked over to Zach. “I tried to take some responsibility away from you so you could enjoy camp more and not work so hard. I didn’t realize I had hurt you. Next year, you can be in charge of Flag Ceremony again.”
“We didn’t know you were upset about not being overnight campers. We promise we’ll make room for you next summer,” added Ginny.
“And Zach, I’ll teach you how to play the bugle,” Henry said. “That reminds me — what about our trunks? Did you leave our trunks behind on purpose the first day? Or was it you, Kim?”
Kim and Zach shook their heads.
“I was so busy, I just forgot them on the beach,” Kim said. “I guess I was glad that you would lose points for the Dolphins because you didn’t remember to take your trunks. But it wasn’t on purpose.”
“Same here,” Zach confessed. “I saw them on the beach before my dad started the ferry. But I didn’t do anything to get them, either. Sorry.”
“How about the monster footprints?” Jessie asked.
Lizzie and Kim exchanged looks.
“I did that!” Lizzie said. “It’s allowed. Ever since there was a Camp Seagull, we could do pranks to make people scream. You and Rich didn’t change that, did you, Ginny?”
“Not really,” Ginny answered. “Even when I worked at the camp when I was your age, we had pranks about the monster of Camp Seagull. But not on the first couple of nights. We weren’t supposed to scare the new campers until after they were settled in.”
“We weren’t scared!” the Dolphin girls of Cedar Cabin cried.
“But I am. Some of you are very scary!” Ginny said, looking around at the sharks, stingrays, and space aliens. “I really don’t know which group should take the costume prize.”
The score between the Seals and the Dolphins was very close. The Dolphins only needed fifty points to win and the costume contest was worth a hundred points. If Ginny automatically let the Dolphins win because of Kim’s poor sportsmanship, that would be unfair to the Seal campers. Ginny turned to Kim, Lizzie, and Zach, and continued, “I don’t want the Seals or the Dolphins to be penalized by your actions. But I do think that the three of you owe the camp an apology for your behavior during this Olympics.”
The three nodded in agreement.
Benny broke the tension when he piped up, “I’ve got a good idea. It’s not a Big Idea, but a little one ’cause I’m only six.”
“What is it?” Rich asked.
“Let the people who are watching us in the audience vote,” Benny suggested. “They can write down which team they think has the best costumes. Then we can count up the votes.”
Rich and Ginny looked at each other.
“You were wrong, Benny,” Rich said. “That is a Big Idea.”
After Rich made the announcement about the voting, Ginny handed out slips of paper to the audience. Then Rich sent around some of the campers to collect the votes.
After refreshments, Ginny came out with her soup pot and her serving spoon and banged them together.
“The votes are in! Rich and I will now give the award to the team for the best costumes,” she announced.
“Drumroll, please,” Rich said.
Ginny banged on the soup pot.
“The Best Costume Award goes to . . . the Dolphins!”
Since Jessie was dressed as a dolphin, she led her group up to the stage. “Thank you,” she said to Rich and Ginny when they put a medal around her dolphin neck.
“The Dolphins are also our Olympic winners!” Ginny
“Did you take the flags, too, Lizzie?” Henry asked.
Lizzie looked confused. “The flags? No.”
“I did,” Zach confessed. “Just for a little while. Then my dad found them in my room at home. He put them back in your cabin yesterday. Flag Ceremony was my favorite job, but then the Gullens gave it to you. My dad and other people in my family always did Flag Ceremony. That’s my uncle playing on the bugle tape. I know it doesn’t sound as good as Henry’s bugle, but it sounds good to us.”
Rich walked over to Zach. “I tried to take some responsibility away from you so you could enjoy camp more and not work so hard. I didn’t realize I had hurt you. Next year, you can be in charge of Flag Ceremony again.”
“We didn’t know you were upset about not being overnight campers. We promise we’ll make room for you next summer,” added Ginny.
“And Zach, I’ll teach you how to play the bugle,” Henry said. “That reminds me — what about our trunks? Did you leave our trunks behind on purpose the first day? Or was it you, Kim?”
Kim and Zach shook their heads.
“I was so busy, I just forgot them on the beach,” Kim said. “I guess I was glad that you would lose points for the Dolphins because you didn’t remember to take your trunks. But it wasn’t on purpose.”
“Same here,” Zach confessed. “I saw them on the beach before my dad started the ferry. But I didn’t do anything to get them, either. Sorry.”
“How about the monster footprints?” Jessie asked.
Lizzie and Kim exchanged looks.
“I did that!” Lizzie said. “It’s allowed. Ever since there was a Camp Seagull, we could do pranks to make people scream. You and Rich didn’t change that, did you, Ginny?”
“Not really,” Ginny answered. “Even when I worked at the camp when I was your age, we had pranks about the monster of Camp Seagull. But not on the first couple of nights. We weren’t supposed to scare the new campers until after they were settled in.”
“We weren’t scared!” the Dolphin girls of Cedar Cabin cried.
“But I am. Some of you are very scary!” Ginny said, looking around at the sharks, stingrays, and space aliens. “I really don’t know which group should take the costume prize.”
The score between the Seals and the Dolphins was very close. The Dolphins only needed fifty points to win and the costume contest was worth a hundred points. If Ginny automatically let the Dolphins win because of Kim’s poor sportsmanship, that would be unfair to the Seal campers. Ginny turned to Kim, Lizzie, and Zach, and continued, “I don’t want the Seals or the Dolphins to be penalized by your actions. But I do think that the three of you owe the camp an apology for your behavior during this Olympics.”
The three nodded in agreement.
Benny broke the tension when he piped up, “I’ve got a good idea. It’s not a Big Idea, but a little one ’cause I’m only six.”
“What is it?” Rich asked.
“Let the people who are watching us in the audience vote,” Benny suggested. “They can write down which team they think has the best costumes. Then we can count up the votes.”
Rich and Ginny looked at each other.
“You were wrong, Benny,” Rich said. “That is a Big Idea.”
After Rich made the announcement about the voting, Ginny handed out slips of paper to the audience. Then Rich sent around some of the campers to collect the votes.
After refreshments, Ginny came out with her soup pot and her serving spoon and banged them together.
“The votes are in! Rich and I will now give the award to the team for the best costumes,” she announced.
“Drumroll, please,” Rich said.
Ginny banged on the soup pot.
“The Best Costume Award goes to . . . the Dolphins!”
Since Jessie was dressed as a dolphin, she led her group up to the stage. “Thank you,” she said to Rich and Ginny when they put a medal around her dolphin neck.
“The Dolphins are also our Olympic winners!” Ginny
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