"I'm sorry. It was an accident." Jackie's voice sounded very small, and his lower lip was trembling. Kristy put her arm around him. No wonder he was upset. Being a klutz isn't much fun.

"You're not supposed to have food in the pool area," the lifeguard said.

"I know," Jackie spoke up. "I wasn't going to eat'it here. I was just unwrapping it here."

The lifeguard gave Kristy an I-don't-believe-a-word-of-this look, and walked away.

"I want to go to the diving pool," Shea announced. "I want to try a somersault."

"I want to do somersaults, too," Archie said, tugging at Kristy's hand.

"You can't do somersaults without a diving board, and you're too small to go in the diving pool," Kristy said. Things were starting to get complicated.

"I'm not too small!"

"Yes, you are. They have a height requirement. How about if I take you to the wading pool?"

"That's for babies!" Archie wailed.

Shea snickered, but Kristy stopped him with a look. "No, it's not," she said quickly. "There are a lot of big kids there. You'll see. It'll be fun. You can practice keeping your eyes open underwater."

Shea picked up his towel and headed for the diving pool while Kristy walked Archie to the wading pool. Jackie tagged along, humming to himself. It was a bright, sunny day, and for just a moment, Kristy let herself relax. Maybe things would be okay after all. Maybe there would be no new disasters.

"Aughh! Ow! Ow! OW!" Jackie was shrieking like he had stepped on a piece of glass.

"What is it?" Kristy made him sit on the concrete while she looked at his foot. "Did you step on something?"

"O-o-o-o-o-w!" (a long drawn-out wail from

Jackie). Kristy was puzzled. He had a small red spot on his foot, but outside of that, he looked okay.

And then she saw the dead bee.

"Look," Archie said, turning it over with his toe. "Jackie squished it."