FIFTY FOOT

IT WAS THE FIRST TRULY HOT DAY OF SUMMER. FRITH SPENT MOST OF IT OUTDOORS WITH GRANDMA PAT AND PAPA, SLATHERED IN SUNSCREEN AND NOT MUCH ELSE.

AFTER WORK, FRITH AND MAMA PACKED UP THE BUCKETS AND HEADED ACROSS THE STREET TO HANG OUT ON HOLDEN'S STOOP. HERE FRITH WOUND UP AT THE WRONG END OF A NOZZLEFUL OF COLD WATER WHILE HOLDEN GIGGLED TO HIMSELF. MAMA FORGOT TO BRING THE CAMERA - BUT SHE WON'T BE FORGETTING FRITH'S FACE AT THAT MOMENT, ANY TIME SOON.

FRITH ALSO SAT IN MUD, AND SO SHE WOUND UP IN A NICE LONG BATH, FOLLOWED BY A FOOTRUB WITH MANGO BODY BUTTER. SHE SMELLS YUMMY.