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Sana s c r e a m s , ?I w a n n a g o t o o ! ?

?I can?t take her! She?s n o t invited.?
?Why not?? says A m i .
?They don?t do t h a t here!?
A m i says, ?Well that?s n o t fair. You call u p y o u r f r i e n d and
ask i f y o u can b r i n g Sana, o r else y o u can?t go.?
?But Ami! They'll laugh at me! They'll never invite me to
another party again!?
Sana screams, ?I w a n n a go too!?





I beg and plead, b u t A m i won?t listen. I have no choice. I
have t o call. Sally says, ?All right.? But i t doesn?t sound all
r i g h t . I k n o w she t h i n k s I?m weird.

A t the party, I?m the only one who brought
her little sister. Sana has to w i n all the
games, and w h e n she falls d o w n
d u r i n g musical chairs, she cries
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Inside there are chocolates and candies, a whistle,
a r u b y ring, andab i g red lollipop! Sana eats her big
red lollipop on the way home i n the car. I save mine

for later.

Sana doesn?t k n o w how to make things last. By bedtime,
her candies are all gone, her whistle is broken, and the ruby
_ i n her r i n g is missing. I put my big red lollipop on the top
shelf o f the fridge to have in the morning.







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I hear a sound in the front hall closet. I should have

k n o w n . That?s where she always hides.
I shove aside the coats and boots. ?I?m going t o get you!?
Q u i c k as a rat, she scoots t h r o u g h m y legs and r u n s

around and around the living room, the dining room, the
kitchen, yelling, ?Ami! Ami! Help! Help!?

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A m i comes out, rubbing her eyes. Sana runs behind Ami,
where I can?t get her.

?What's going o n out here?? says A m i .
Sana says, ?Rubina?s t r y i n g to get me!?
A m i puts her hands on her hips. ?Are you t r y i n g to get
your l i t t l e sister again??
?She ate my lollipop! The greedy thing! She ate it!?
A m i says, ?For shame! It?s just a lollipop! Can?t y o u share
w i t h y o u r little sister??
I w a n t to cry, but I don?t.

Sana runs to the fridge and brings back the triangle
stuck to the stick. ?Look! I didn?t eat all o f your lollipop!
I left the triangle for you!?

?See?? says Ami. ?She d i d n ' t eat all o f it. She's
sharing w i t h you! Go ahead. Take the triangle?

So 1 have to take it.







Then one day Sana comes home waving an i n v i t a t i o n .
?Ami! I?ve been invited to a birthday party! There's going t o
be games and toys and cake and ice cream! Can I go??

O u r l i t t l e sister M a r y a m screams, ?I wanna go too!?
Sana says, ?No! I can?t take her! She?s not invited!?

A m i says, ?Well . . . it?s o n l y fair. You went to Rubina's
friend?s party, now Rubina and Maryam can go to your
friend?s party.?

I say, ?Leave m e o u t o f it.?

A m i says, ?Fine then, you have to take M a r y a m . ?

N o w it?s Sana?s t u r n t o beg and plead. A m i w o n ' t listen.
Sana's b e g g i n g so h a r d she's c r y i n g , b u t s t i l l A m i w o n ' t
listen.

I could j u s t watch her have to take Maryam. I could just
let her make a fool o f herself at that party. I could just let her
n o t be i n v i t e d to any more parties, but something makes me
tap A m i on the shoulder.

?What??
?Don?t make Sana take Maryam to the party.?

?No?? says A m i .

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? N o , I say.

Ami thinks for a moment then says, ?
,
?Okay.

So Sana gets to go by herself.

After the party, I hear a knock

on my door. |

?What do you want?? I ask Sana.

?Here.? She hands me a big green
lollipop. ?This is for you.?

?Thanks,? I say.

After that we're friends.