RKPJAM_Jamestown

DID YOU KICK ME?” Grant grabbed his ankle and
made a dramatic squinched-up face of pain.
“Yes, young lady!” Mimi said in surprise,
“why did you kick your brother?”
“I didn’t mean to, Mimi,” Christina promised.
“I was trying to get up but my foot slid on the dirt…it
was an accident.” It was a little white lie, but Christina
knew that she and Grant did not want their
grandparents to realize that Joe had been arrested.
Suddenly, Grant seemed to figure out what
his sister was up to. “Yeah, Mimi,” he said, “I think
it was just an accident. But I sure am tired. Maybe
we could go back to Jamestown now?”
Mimi looked very puzzled. In fact, she looked
at her grandchildren with great suspicion. Suddenly,
Papa emerged from the bathroom, and having heard
the end of their conversation, he said, “No way! I
want to go on to Yorktown! I want to see how this
history story ends.”
Christina groaned, then giggled. “Papa, you
know how this history ends! We have a revolution
and become America, of course.”
Papa struck a pose with his hands on his
hips. “Are you sure?” he said. “Are you absolutely
sure? The last I heard the British are coming! The
British are coming! One if by land and two if by sea,
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