Betty Lou Blue

By Nancy Crocker

Betty Lou Blue had the world’s biggest feet.  Whackety, thwackety, flappety feet.  Being different isn’t easy, and the other kids often teased the doe-eyed child.  “If those feet were wings, they would yell, “you could fly!”  Although her mother tries to reassure her, telling her that everyone’s perfect and each living thing has a reason to be, Betty Lou doesn’t believe her.  Then one wintry day finds her tormentors trapped in waist-deep snow, and Betty Lou is conflicted about helping them.  Her mother’s words of wisdom come to mind: everything’s ugly that’s done in spite.  But you can be beautiful doing what’s right.

The “stars” at Garden City choose to do the right thing….everyday!