Lynn gets better and stays well for so long even Katie's parents begin to relax. On Katie's eleventh birthday, Katie is allowed to invite Silly. Katie bakes a cake for herself and she and Silly spend all day pretending to be a music group called the Shirondas. Amber comes over too and says Katie and Silly are stupid. Lynn thinks they are cuter than words. When Silly leaves, she fills several large water jugs because she lives in a part of town that has no running water. Mrs. Kilgore, Silly's mother, tells Katie's mother there is a union meeting later that week. Katie's mother lies and says she is too busy to attend. Katie wants to know why and her mother says Mrs. Kilgore causes too much trouble. Then her mother lectures Katie.....
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