Heist almost caught me last night. I was coming back later than I'm supposed to by about . . . three hours, and she was talking to some boy. I think she might have seen me, so I ran up the stairs real fast. Even if she did see me, she didn't yell at me, and Casey's not here so I can't get in trouble for it. Anyway, I'm old enough to stay up late now.
Today I got my papers and sold in the park. That's where Ali goes, so I tried to stay in a different part of the park. One lady gave me a whole dime when I pretended I was sick.
Then I went to talk to the other kids. One of the boys got me an orange from one of the vendors. That was nice. He let me play baseball too. Another girl laughed at me because I got dirty, so I pulled her hair. That'll teach her.
I think tomorrow I'll go see Casey.