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Dinner with

Dragons

“HELP! I’m freaking out!” Brooklyn shouted into

the phone.

“Let me guess,” Alex began. “Dale took your

favorite soccer ball to practice with him again?”

“WORSE! Remember how I told you about

the twins’ school play? It’s called Happily Ever

After? Well, it’s about to become UNhappily

Ever After because Ms. Barston has the flu,

and she was supposed to do costumes and stage

makeup. Now I’m trapped backstage with ten

thousand screaming first graders!”

“You just said the magic words—stage makeup!”

Alex replied. “I’ll meet you at Oak Hill Elementary in twenty minutes.”

“You’re the best, Alex! Thank you sooo much!”

Alex heard the relief in her friend’s voice. “Hey,

what’s a BFF for? I’ll call Charlotte to see if she

can help, too.” She hung up and hurried to get

her stage makeup kit. Alex’s face-painting

skills were legendary in the neighborhood. In

fact, they made her the most popular babysitter

around. Fitting costumes, however, would be a

bigger challenge.