Pip Camps Out

We've been having backyard fires and enjoying warmer spring weather (even if the trees are still brown and bare).  I'm already dreaming of summer and one of my favorite things... camping!  No need to load up the car and go for a drive.  The backyard can be the place to be.

Pip Camps Out

Myra Berry Brown

pictures by Phyllis Graham 1966

Pip watches his sister leave for camp and decides that he too wants to sleep out under the stars.  His father considers it...

He looked at the sky turning into twilight.  He knew how good it felt to sleep under the stars.  He said, "There's going to be a beautiful moon tonight."

Out in the orchard Pip goes with his sleeping bag, flashlight, and compass (and some chocolate chip cookies).  He looks at the sky and hears all kinds of nighttime sounds.  But the best sound of all is his dad coming to join him and showing him the stars.  

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