Ina Hurry sometimes felt like she had the rottenest luck. She knew she was going to have a very short childhood. That was what all the other kids on the playground said. And then, after her very short childhood was over, Ina Hurry would become an adult.
Well, it was what the kids who mattered said - the ones she wanted to be her friends. They were not her friends yet. But she was still working on that.
Ina Hurry knew that she just needed to change more. She just needed to be more likeable, to do things more their way. Then she would fit in with them. Then she could be their friend. But before her very short childhood was over, she needed to get in all the playing that she could.
