There's a Tick in My Underwear!
Sally Breslin
- When
- you’re
- a
- 12-year-old
- city
- slicker
- who’s
- terrified
- of
- spiders,
- and
- your
- hobbies
- are
- chasing
- the
- ice-cream
- truck,
- developing
- movie-star
- crushes
- on
- guys
- like
- Ricky
- Nelson
- and
- Troy
- Donahue,
- and
- anticipating
- your
- first
- kiss
- (and
- first
- "real"
- bra),
- the
- last
- place
- you
- want
- to
- spend
- your
- summer
- vacation
- is
- with
- your
- parents
- in
- a
- rustic
- cabin
- in
- the
- middle
- of
- the
- New
- Hampshire
- woods...especially
- when
- the
- cabin
- has
- no
- electricity,
- no
- running
- water,
- no
- indoor
- plumbing
- and,
- heaven
- forbid...no
- TV.
- Journey
- back
- to
- 1962
- for
- a
- humorous
- look
- at
- the
- summer
- when
- I,
- along
- with
- my
- city
- friend,
- Janet,
- experienced
- the
- highs
- and
- lows
- of
- wilderness
- living.
- Unbelievably,
- in
- such
- an
- unlikely
- place,
- Janet
- met
- her
- Prince
- Charming.
- I,
- on
- the
- other
- hand,
- met
- 110,000
- mosquitoes...and Conrad.
