Lil — Humpers

Then she landed. Hard. The bike twisted, and she tumbled into the shallows with a splash so loud it scared a heron from the reeds.

“Last big hump of the summer,” Cassie said. “School starts in three weeks. So tonight, we build the biggest ramp we’ve ever built. We call it… The Crickhopper.” lil humpers

Cassie looked at him — really looked — and for a second, she was nine again, afraid of everything. Then she smiled. “Then I get back up and hump again.” Then she landed

“Last what?” asked her little brother, Leo, who was nine and prone to tears. she was nine again

But Cassie sat up, spitting creek water, and raised her arm in a fist. “THAT WAS AWESOME!” she yelled.