Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad
By Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall
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Bean’s day is going downhill, and it’s only nine in the morning. Is it her fault she licked syrup off her plate? Is it her fault Nancy’s yarn got used up? Yes. Bean wonders if being good is worth the effort. Ivy says yes, that if you’re really good, animals will love you and follow you home. Wow! Ivy and Bean decide they’re going to be the best kids in town. They’re going to be kind, they’re going to be generous and pure of heart and—Wait a second! How did they end up muddy, wet, and in trouble?
Praise for Bound to Be Bad
“Barrows and Blackall deliver another laugh-out-loud Pancake Court romp that derives its humor from the very believable characters and chemistry of the neighborhood children. Any child who’s had to suffer a time-out will relate to this one.” —Kirkus Reviews
Annie Barrows
Annie Barrows is the bestselling author of books for both children and adults, including the New York Times bestselling Ivy + Bean series, The Best of Iggy series, the YA novel Nothing, and the adult bestselling novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. She lives in Northern California.
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Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad - Annie Barrows
A PAIN IN THE KAZOO
Check. Bean’s mom was reading the paper.
Check. Bean’s dad was reading the paper.
Check. Nancy was reading the funnies.
Bean picked up her plate and licked the streaks of leftover syrup.
Bean’s licking her plate,
said Nancy.
Stop it, Bean,
said Bean’s mom without even looking up from the paper.
Bean sat on her hands and stared at her plate with her lips shut tight. Then, suddenly, her tongue shot out of her mouth and her head swooped down to her plate. I can’t help it,
she said, licking. There’s a magnetic force pulling my tongue out of my mouth.
Bean’s family looked at her like she was a bug. An ugly bug.
That’s disgusting,
said Nancy.
Bean, please . . .
said her mother.
Cut it out,
said her father.
I can’t!
slurped Bean. The force is too strong!
Her father took her plate away. Bean slumped against the back of her chair. Thanks, dude. I owe you one.
Don’t call me dude,
said her dad. Go do the dishes.
What?! It’s Nancy’s turn!
yelped Bean.
It was Nancy’s turn until you licked your plate. Now it’s your turn,
said her dad.
That’s totally unfair!
huffed Bean. I couldn’t help it! Haven’t you ever heard of forces beyond your control?
Yes, I have,
said her father. Forces beyond your control are going to make you do the dishes.
What am I, Cinderbean?
Bean said.
What about my rights?
Slowly her dad lowered his newspaper and looked at her. Think about whether you’re making a good choice or a bad choice, Bean.
There was a pause.
I guess I’ll go do the dishes.
Bean clomped into the kitchen.
Bean, you didn’t see my pink yarn, did you?
Oops. Bean tried to roll behind the couch, but Nancy saw her.
Bean! Do you have my pink yarn?
No,
said Bean. That was true. She didn’t have it. She would never have it again.
Nancy looked at her, slitty-eyed. Do you know where it is?
No.
Who knew where it was by now?
Nancy’s eyes got even slittier. Have you seen it recently?
Recently?
Mom! Bean took my yarn!
Before she knew it, Bean was having to look around her room for her money. (She changed hiding places so often that it was hard to remember where she kept it, exactly.) She had to give Nancy seven dollars to buy new yarn. Seven dollars! Now she only had two dollars and some coins left.
And the yarn hadn’t even worked. Bean had fallen out of the tree anyway.
Bean’s mom was under her desk. She was doing something with wires, and Bean could tell she wasn’t having much fun because she kept saying, Oh, for crying out loud!
and Gee-Zoo Pete!
Hi, Mom,
said Bean into the crack between the desk and the wall.
Oh. Hi,
said her mom. Hold on to this cord a sec, will you?
She shoved a black wire up