Love and Pollywogs from Camp Calamity Read Online Free

loads better already!
    I reached under Maxey’s mattress, where I knew she hid her candy stash from Mom. I pulled out a package of chocolate-covered raisins and tore the bag open with my teeth just like Aurora does. I knew I was asking for big trouble, but I was already done for. Why not go all the way?
    I punched some fluff into my pillow and grabbed my official camp handbook off my nightstand. Nit and I were reading the whole thing before we got there. Aurora was too busy with basketball practice to read hers, but we told her we’d fill her in on the bus ride on Sunday.
    Before I went to sleep the night before, I’d read the section about all the wildlife at Camp Wickitawa. It had started to creep me out—especially the snake part! Maybe Maxey would get bit by a snake the first day and get sent home. That thought cheered me up a lot.
    I tossed back a handful of candies and snuggled into the saggy place in my bed. The chocolate did its happy dance in my mouth.
    CAMP WICKITAWA HANDBOOK
SECTION 4
“LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!”
    Boys and girls enjoying the Camp Wickitawa experience will have the opportunity to see a number of animal species in their natural habitat. Some of our local wildlife include the armadillo, the hog-nosed skunk, the white-tailed deer, the gray fox, the coyote, and the rattlesnake. Our Lone Star State claims the highest number of snake species in the continental United States.
    I decided to wait and read that part on the bus with my friends!
    I thumbed to the back, where they stick all the rules. They hide them behind the good stuff so you won’t get toobummed out about going to a camp with so many rules. But if I was going to win Outstanding Camper of the Week, I had to know them backward, forward, and inside out.
    CAMP WICKITAWA HANDBOOK
SECTION 12
CAMPER CODE OF CONDUCT
    Rule #1
    Campers will remain under the supervision of their assigned counselor or counselor-in-training (CIT). Campers may not leave the campground area without proper supervision under any circumstances.
    Rule #2
    Campers will respectfully follow the instructions of their counselor, or in the absence of their counselor, those of their CIT.
    I breathed a sigh of relief. It didn’t say anything about having to obey the kitchen help!
    Rule #3
    Girls and boys may not visit each other’s cabins under any circumstances. All visiting between boys and girls will be done under the supervision of the counselors and CITs.
    Yuck. Who would want to visit the boys’ cabin? I bet it stank worse than a boys’ bathroom at school.
    Rule #4
    We strive to keep the Camp Wickitawa experience a time for boys and girls to enjoy the beauty of the naturalworld without distraction. Therefore, no electronic games, laptops, or cell phones are allowed at camp. (Staff may carry cell phones for emergency use only.)
    Rule #5
    All campers will shower daily and keep themselves clean. All clothing will be changed daily with no exceptions.
    I dropped from my bed down to the floor and lugged my suitcase back up on the bed. Counted how many pairs of socks I had packed. Only three! Uh-oh. I had a bad habit of wearing my socks more than one day. Especially if they were my favorite red striped ones. I went to my drawer and pulled out four more pairs so I would have seven total.
    That was a lot of rules so far, and I wasn’t even done reading them yet. I couldn’t afford to break any. But I’d have to work extra hard at it with Maxey there. She’d love to get me in trouble so I’d get sent home. But that worked both ways. I was sure she had to follow the rules too. Right?
    I flipped the pages back and forth, looking for some rules for the kids who work in the kitchen. Like …
If your poor little sister is at camp, you don’t get to boss her around at ALL, even if you get away with it at home
. Or
All kitchen help who are girls have to stay out of the boys’ cabins too, or else
. ’Cause I was betting that was part of Maxey’s plan—trying to