Nina saw Izzie on her way to Kids Central.
"Want to see the book I got at the book fair today?
It's called All About Fruit.
I love fruit!"
"I love fruit too!" Izzie said.
Outside, Miss Shelly blew her whistle.
"Girls, time to put the book away."
"But we're reading about our favorite food. Fruit!" Nina said.
Miss Shelly laughed. "Perfect.
Because today we are going on a fruit picnic!
But first we have to make our fruit feast."
"A fruit picnic? Yay!" Izzie said.
"What's a fruit feast?
It sounds yummy!" Nina said.
"Jason, please read the menu."
Miss Shelly pointed to a piece of paper tacked onto a tree trunk.
"Fruit kebabs and kiwi-and-cream sandwiches," Jason read.
"First we'll make the fruit kebabs," Miss Shelly told them.
"What's a kebab?" Bobby asked.
"A kebab is food on a skewer," Miss Shelly said.
"So poke a skewer through four pieces of fruit."
"Grape, melon, banana, apple!" Izzie put her fruit on a skewer.
"Melon, apple, banana, grape!" Jason said.
"Grape, grape, grape, grape," Bobby said.
"Is that okay?"
"Whatever you want is fine, Bobby.
It's your fruit kebab!
When you're finished, put your kebab in a container," Miss Shelly said.
"Now we'll make the kiwi-and-cream sandwiches," Miss Shelly said.
"Take two slices of bread.
Spread whipped cream on one side of each slice," Izzie read.
"Then place some kiwi on one slice of bread," Bobby read.
"Place the other slice of bread on top to complete your sandwich.
Ta-da! I'm done." Nina held up her sandwich.
"Now we prepare the picnic basket."
Miss Shelly held up a basket.
"Put your sandwich in a bag.
Then put it in your container."
"Off we go!" Miss Shelly said.
The kids followed her onto the path through the woods.
They stopped at a grassy area.
"We made s'mores here!" Nina said.
"Yes, and this is where we'll have our picnic too.
What do you think?" Miss Shelly answered.
"Great!" Bobby said.
"Maybe we should have brought umbrellas," Nina said.
Everyone looked at her.
"Why?" Miss Shelly asked.
Nina held out her palm.
"Because I just felt a raindrop!"
"Quick! Put the food back in the basket,"
Miss Shelly said as it began to rain harder.
"Don't forget your sit-upon!"
"Oh no! My book!" Nina ran back for her book.
"Whew, we made it." Miss Shelly stopped to catch her breath.
"The rain stopped.
Look, the sun is coming out!" Nina said.
"Oh, this weather." Miss Shelly sighed.
Then she smiled.
"Why don't we have our picnic here on the blacktop?"
Izzie grinned. "If it starts to rain again, we can run back inside."
She plopped her sit-upon down on the blacktop.
"Anywhere is fine.
Let's eat already," Nina said.
"And then we can read my fruit book again!"
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