Back to School with Betsy Read Online Free Page B
Author: Carolyn Haywood
stop, Mr. Kilpatrick was at the door of the shop. But the door was locked. The policeman pounded on the door with his great big fist. It made a terrific noise.
In a moment the door was opened. Betsy was on the step now, beside Mr. Kilpatrick.
The storekeeper looked frightened when he saw Mr. Kilpatrick. "What's the matter?" he asked.
"This little girl has to have her dress cleaned by this time tomorrow," said Mr. Kilpatrick, handing over the dress. "It's for a wedding."
"All right," said the cleaner. "I'll see that it is ready for her."
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Kilpatrick," said Betsy.
"That's all right," replied Mr. Kilpatrick. "We can't have Miss Grey's wedding spoiled."
When Betsy finally sat down to eat her dinner, she said, "Oh, Mother, I don't believe I will ever forget to hang up a dress again."
"I certainly hope not," said Mother.
"I hope Thumpy has learned not to get on the beds," said Father.
"Well, I gave him something that should help him to remember," said Mother.
When Betsy's dress came back from the cleaner's, it looked as good as new.
The next day was the wedding. Betsy could hardly wait until the time came to get dressed. She kept looking at the clock and the hands of the clock seemed to move more slowly than ever before. At last the time came. When she was all ready, Father drove Betsy and Mother to the church.
When Betsy saw Miss Grey, she thought she had never seen anyone so beautiful. When Ellen arrived, Betsy said, "Miss Grey looks just like a fairy princess in that white veil."
Betsy and Ellen stood listening to the music of the organ. When they heard the wedding march, they began walking up the aisle.
Betsy could see Billy sitting on an end seat, up front. He was watching them and grinning from ear to ear.
After the wedding was over, the little girls rode back to Miss Grey's house in the big automobile with the bride and groom. Betsy and Ellen had never felt so important in all of their lives.
When they reached the house, they went upstairs to look at the wedding presents. The presents were all spread out on a big table. Betsy and Ellen were pleased to see their bowl of goldfish sitting right in the center of the table.
Soon Billy arrived and he came up to look at the presents.
"I think our present is the nicest," he said to Betsy and Ellen.
Before long the house was full of people. They were laughing and chattering. The dining room table was covered with plates of sandwiches and cakes. The great big wedding cake stood in the center of the table. It was the biggest cake Billy had ever seen. A waiter stood by the table, cutting brick after brick of ice cream. When Billy took his plate of ice cream, he said to the waiter, "Mr. Jackson said I could have two plates of ice cream."
"Very well," said the waiter. "Will you have them both at once or one at a time?"
Billy thought this over for a moment and then he said, "I guess I'll have one at a time."
"OK," said the waiter.
Billy thought it was very funny that everyone stood up and ate. He always sat down at parties. So he and Betsy and Ellen carried their plates into the hall and sat on the stairs.
When Billy was in the midst of eating his second plate of ice cream, he heard a noise upstairs. He put his plate down and ran up the stairs and into the room where the presents were. What did he find but Miss Grey's Persian cat in the center of the table. To Billy's horror, he had upset the fishbowl. Just as the cat was about to snatch up the striped fish, Billy shouted, "Scat! Get out of there!"
The cat jumped to the floor and flew out of the room.
Billy set the bowl up again and put the goldfish back. He got a towel from the bathroom and mopped up the water. Then he put more water in the bowl. When everything was in order again, he went downstairs.
"What was the matter?" asked Betsy and Ellen.
"Oh, boy!" cried Billy. "The cat upset the bowl of goldfish and he almost ate up Billy in the bathing suit."
"Oh!" cried Betsy. "Are the fish all
In a moment the door was opened. Betsy was on the step now, beside Mr. Kilpatrick.
The storekeeper looked frightened when he saw Mr. Kilpatrick. "What's the matter?" he asked.
"This little girl has to have her dress cleaned by this time tomorrow," said Mr. Kilpatrick, handing over the dress. "It's for a wedding."
"All right," said the cleaner. "I'll see that it is ready for her."
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Kilpatrick," said Betsy.
"That's all right," replied Mr. Kilpatrick. "We can't have Miss Grey's wedding spoiled."
When Betsy finally sat down to eat her dinner, she said, "Oh, Mother, I don't believe I will ever forget to hang up a dress again."
"I certainly hope not," said Mother.
"I hope Thumpy has learned not to get on the beds," said Father.
"Well, I gave him something that should help him to remember," said Mother.
When Betsy's dress came back from the cleaner's, it looked as good as new.
The next day was the wedding. Betsy could hardly wait until the time came to get dressed. She kept looking at the clock and the hands of the clock seemed to move more slowly than ever before. At last the time came. When she was all ready, Father drove Betsy and Mother to the church.
When Betsy saw Miss Grey, she thought she had never seen anyone so beautiful. When Ellen arrived, Betsy said, "Miss Grey looks just like a fairy princess in that white veil."
Betsy and Ellen stood listening to the music of the organ. When they heard the wedding march, they began walking up the aisle.
Betsy could see Billy sitting on an end seat, up front. He was watching them and grinning from ear to ear.
After the wedding was over, the little girls rode back to Miss Grey's house in the big automobile with the bride and groom. Betsy and Ellen had never felt so important in all of their lives.
When they reached the house, they went upstairs to look at the wedding presents. The presents were all spread out on a big table. Betsy and Ellen were pleased to see their bowl of goldfish sitting right in the center of the table.
Soon Billy arrived and he came up to look at the presents.
"I think our present is the nicest," he said to Betsy and Ellen.
Before long the house was full of people. They were laughing and chattering. The dining room table was covered with plates of sandwiches and cakes. The great big wedding cake stood in the center of the table. It was the biggest cake Billy had ever seen. A waiter stood by the table, cutting brick after brick of ice cream. When Billy took his plate of ice cream, he said to the waiter, "Mr. Jackson said I could have two plates of ice cream."
"Very well," said the waiter. "Will you have them both at once or one at a time?"
Billy thought this over for a moment and then he said, "I guess I'll have one at a time."
"OK," said the waiter.
Billy thought it was very funny that everyone stood up and ate. He always sat down at parties. So he and Betsy and Ellen carried their plates into the hall and sat on the stairs.
When Billy was in the midst of eating his second plate of ice cream, he heard a noise upstairs. He put his plate down and ran up the stairs and into the room where the presents were. What did he find but Miss Grey's Persian cat in the center of the table. To Billy's horror, he had upset the fishbowl. Just as the cat was about to snatch up the striped fish, Billy shouted, "Scat! Get out of there!"
The cat jumped to the floor and flew out of the room.
Billy set the bowl up again and put the goldfish back. He got a towel from the bathroom and mopped up the water. Then he put more water in the bowl. When everything was in order again, he went downstairs.
"What was the matter?" asked Betsy and Ellen.
"Oh, boy!" cried Billy. "The cat upset the bowl of goldfish and he almost ate up Billy in the bathing suit."
"Oh!" cried Betsy. "Are the fish all
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