Joseph: Have you seen the girls on Maddie’s basketball team? Those are the type of girls who like LOL dolls. The type that live in a neighborhood. Compared to them, Maddie is extremely well-built! She’s taller than all of them. I mean, she’s like a tree with big branches, and those girls look like they’d snap if they fell over, like piece of dry spaghetti. Like you could just take their arm and “snap!” Am I right?

Joseph:

I can prove that Annika is smart.

She says, “They’re serving this guy soup but he’s holding a knife and a fork! He can’t eat soup with his fork!”

That’s pretty smart.

Joseph:

Want me to give you a tour of my jacket?

Here, a bird caller. And in this pocket…pocket knife, waterproof matches, magnifying glass…and here, my GPS!

A real exploration jacket! I could have a fire in the middle of the yard.