I turned the catch and pushed the door open, she stepped towardsme."Hi I'm Amanda," she said offering me her hand."Eh Alex," I said. "You startled me ...a bit I wasn't expecting you," Icontinued. "Just thought I'd pop by see if George is around and how this lovely babyis," she said moving past me and towards Melissa. Crouching in front ofher she put out her hand and made some of those annoying noises thatadult's make expecting babies to understand them. She turned. "Georgedidn't mention you were a. She's such a nice teacher."Penny has the prettiest smile of any girl Tim thought. "If I can have your attention," Mrs. Bedlam said and waited until the class quieted down. "Here is what your petticoats will look like when you are done." She held up a white petticoat and spread it out to reveal the layers of skirts. "The skirts are nylon taffeta. There are three 11 inch ruffles and 6 tiers of tulle net, and extra tulle for added fullness. There is approximately 140 yards of netting. To get your. Henson asked."Yeah, it was curled up, and I heard it rattling. It's a big one," Josiahanswered."Bigger than the one last summer?" Yeah, lots!"Mrs. Henson closed the screen door and turned around. She looked worriedor scared or both at the same time. "I'll get the hoe. Hannah, fetch yourfather's shotgun." They were actually going to go outside and face thesnake."Wait," I said. "Why don't you just leave it alone. It'll wander off." I'm sure it will at some point," Mrs. Henson replied. "In the. We are behind her table and no one can see us from front.So I asked her if she scared? She said yes. So I held her head and blow air in both her ears(which is done when some one is scared). I left her and started to get up. She said to blow it one more time, I did it. She said again, I did it again. But this time she kept her hands on my hands. She didn’t let go of my hands.I kept holding her head and while blowing air in her ear I kissed her on her chick. She kept her eyes closed from the time.