Hop Hopscotch

The two girls run down to the sidewalk and take out their chalk.  Little Minnie, a cute black and white cat, comes by to watch them.

First, they write their names.

Then they write Hi, Bye, Stop, Go and draw stars, flowers, and hearts.

Punky begins drawing a hopscotch and Elena joins her.

"Great idea!" Elena says.

Elena’s face gets happy because she has an idea. A really good idea!

“Let’s make the best game in the world,” Elena suggests. “Let’s make it go all the way up to fifty!”

Punky loves that idea.

“Let’s make it all the way to a hundred!” Punky shouts back.

Punky and Elena both love making up games, so a really, really, really long hopscotch will be a super fun game!

The girls count up and draw more and more squares.  But they get in each other’s way.

So, Elena decides to move further up the sidewalk.  Way up!  Elena can draw her squares and then work her way down to Punky.

That way they each can draw the hopscotch without getting in each other’s way.  Then meet in the middle.

Now both girls work on their own and meet together at square number 33.

But when they check their numbers, Punky sees a problem.