Ramona and Her Mother

beverly cleary

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“All her life she had wanted to squeeze the toothpaste really squeeze it,not just one little squirt...The paste coiled and swirled and mounded in the washbasin. Ramona decorated the mound with toothpaste roses as if it was a toothpaste birthday cake”

“Haven't you noticed grown-ups aren't perfect?" asked Mrs. Quimby. "Especially when they're tired." "Then how come you expect kids to be so perfect all the time?" demanded Ramona.”

“Besides, why wasn’t the top of the bottle screwed on tight? Because some grown-up had not screwed it on, that’s why. Children weren’t the only people who did things wrong.”

“were poking a little fun at Ramona. “Yes, ma’am!” said her father, and saluted as if she were somebody important. This time Ramona had to laugh.”

“Willa Jean, pleased to have her grandmother on her side, set a red checker on top of a black checker. “Your turn,” she said to Ramona as if she were being generous.”

“Then she decided her mother had not really guessed because she often asked where the fire was when Ramona was in a hurry.”

“She didn't have to go and tell that, thought Ramona, feeling that her mother had betrayed her by telling, as if it were funny, something she had done a long time ago.”

“Scrimp and pinch to make ends meet, thought Ramona, liking the sound of the words.”

“Nobody had to tell Ramona about disappointment.”

“How can there be no such word as can't? Ramona wondered. Mrs. Rudge had just said can't. If there was so such word as can't then Mrs. Rudge could not have said there was no such word as can't. Therefore, what Mrs. Rudge said could not be true.”

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