She has plans but she sleeps on them first.                       90

With no hesitation, she cleaned up the area and did a few things for her mother. Even as angry as she can be with her, she loved her with all her heart. Inside her bag she pulled out a gift for dad. She sat the basket of clothes by the glove.

Becky finsished and began to walk to her tent. As she passed her parents, she slowed. She carefully walked over and peered in. Mom and dad were laying side by side, and the baby was in mama's arms. It made her want to crawl in and sleep with them. Yet she knew that was not a good idea. She walked away with tears in her eyes and a heavy heart. 

 She walked into her tent and held her breath. It looked as clean as the day she and her mother set it up. Her eyes filled with more tears and her heart broke once more. She welled it up and lay on her soft comfortable pallet. She wrapped herself in the blanket her grandma had knitted her.

She sat up fast. She threw the blanket down and quickly jumped up. Her heart was pounding again. She searches the tent, beginning to panic. Then she stops and sees. She snatches her bear from outside and takes it to her bed. Wrapping herself into the blanket, clutching her teddy, she falls fast asleep. 

Mother nature wakes Becky up. She sits up and realizes she just started her cycle again. She grabbed her bag, then saw her teddy bear. She knew if she didn't put it back out there where it was, mom would see it gone. So she reluctantly picked him back up and set him outside. A quick jump over to clean up and back to bed. She was sound asleep in no time at all. 

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