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We were at playschool again, just like every wednesday, the five of us playing
and laughing, when Ray looked up, and walked over to the door. Where was he going?
We were still playing soldiers when he just looked up and walked off. What's going
on?
Looking to see where he was going, I saw a strange lady standing in the doorway,
and she had a girl with her. Where's Ray GOING? He's taking the girl's hand. Why's he
doing that? He was playing with us, now he's leading the girl to the paints. What's
wrong with him? We don't play with girls.
Looking over at him, he was concentrating on what the little girl and her Mommy
were saying, he didn't even look at us. We carried on our game, but it wasn't so much
fun without Ray. Why wouldn't he play with us now? Why did he want to play with that
girl. I don't like girls - they're weird.
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When it was breaktime, and we all went outside, Ray wanted us to let the girl
play cops and robbers with us. That's a silly idea though, everyone knows girls can't
run, jump, race pedal cars or build towers. What's she going to do?
Ray played with us, but he kept getting caught, cos he was looking over at the
girl, then he went over to her and sat down. He even put his arm around her -ewwww.
Then he got up, took her hand, and brought her over to us.
He told us off because we made her - Kat - cry. When I said she couldn't run fast,
jump, race pedal cars or build towers, she got mad at me, and shouted that she so could.
She said she was gonna race Bob and Frank, and if she won (like that could happen) then
she got to play with us. Mikey and I stood watching, waiting to see if Frank or Bob was
going to win, but it was HER! Kat won, and Ray just stood there with this big stupid
smile on his face and said that there was a girl in the group now. Frankie shouted the
group had a new girlfriend, and all the grown ups laughed.
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Why'd all the grown up's laugh? It's true, what was funny? After she won the race,
we went indoors again, and Kat and Ray came to play with us. It was strange at first,
we thought we'd have to change the games we liked playing what with having a girl in
the group now, but she was bonkers! Far more daring even than Frank was.
When Frank wanted to climb up to the top of the fireguard to see if he could touch
the ceiling, Kat beat him up there, and when Bob and I went to get the big digger from the
sand box, there was Kat already carrying it over. Ray found it really funny, and Mikey
said she was sweet. Ray blushed when it was home time, cos Kat came an kissed his cheek.
Then she kissed Frank and Bob's cheeks too. So when she came toward us, I pushed Mikey
at her and ran to get my coat - I didn't want her kissing me! She did anyway, an then her
Mommy said she'd be back tomorrow. I think I'm going to like Kat, so long as she learns
not to keep kissing me.
THE END.