Run for your life

A boy named Clancy

The little girl stood at the door *knock knock. Mr Crew opened it with his son stood beside him. "The ball" muttered the girl, her parents new the Crew family well but never had Ruby talked to scary Mr Crew by herself  before" Speak up girl" Mr Crew said in a surprisingly happy tone. Ruby said louder this time "The ball, Bug lost his ball over your hedge" and out in the road stood a baby husky looking disappointed with himself. Mr Crew walked into the garden, muttering to himself about little girls looking for trouble. Ruby looked up into the boys brown eyes. She had always been small for her age and Clancy had never mentioned it, not like the other boys in her street. "Alright buster" said Ruby. He looked at her, 4 year old Clancy wasn't very clever, he usually spent his time trailing after his dad and posing for photos. He had never talked to a girl before "Look" said Ruby "you seem pretty darn cool It would be great if we could meet up sometime, hey what about Friday, Mrs Digby could mix up some banana shakes for us." She took the ball from Mr Crews hand and threw it at Bug who caught it clumsily in his mouth. She hopped on her bike and cycled away.