Then she looked up at her dad. 'Dad, please, try to
Inderstand. I'm thirteen, now. Thirteen-year-old girls
don't go to summer camp. They play sport. 'They play
computer games. They go out with their friends. 'They go
shopping. 'They don't go to camp! Please, Dad, please! I
hate camp. It's-
THUD! Katy's dad put his coffee cup on the table
Oh Katy. Stop! We understand - you don't want to go:'
Katy, look at this, her mum said. 'The camp website
was on her computer.
There's a beautiful lake next to the camp. You can go
swimming every day. You love swimming.
Katy wasn't interested. 'Mum, I can't go swimming
Ive got earache?. Katy put her hand on her ear.
Earache? When did that start?' her mum asked
She hasn't got earache,' Katy's dad said. But shes
giving me a headache! He started laughing and Katys
mum smiled
Katy didn't laugh. T have got earache! And she pu
her hand over her ear again,
Katy's mum started reading the website. 'Three
or four times a
week, our campers
go on visits to
interesting places
like museums and
the zoo. They can
also visit some ig
shopping centres
Campers can-