Always There

"It's gone!" Braylee exclaimed one morning as she and her older sister walked to the school where they attended day camp. "They just put it up, and now it's gone!" A huge telescope had recently been installed on a mountain near their town. The girls usually saw it clearly as they walked down their street.

Jenna laughed. "In this fog, lots of things are gone. They're really just hidden by the fog. I'm sure we'll be able to see the telescope by the time we walk home this afternoon."

Jenna was right. As they walked home, the telescope was visible again, but by then Braylee had something else on her mind. "I don't want to go to camp tomorrow," she said. "There's a girl in my craft class who doesn't like me, and I'm scared of her. She's mean!"

"Maybe I can stay with you most of the time tomorrow," Jenna suggested.

"But we're taking different craft classes--and you're in a different age group," Braylee replied. "You can't stay with me all day."

Jenna thought for a minute. "No, I can't-