Eight Hats, One String

Pella made eight summer hats for her shop. She wanted a photo before putting them in the window. Her friends wore them outside, but the wind blew some hats off.

Pella joined the hats with string, something long and thin used to tie things together. She tied both ends to a garden seat so the hats could not blow away.

She set the camera to take a photo after ten seconds and joined her friends.

Just before the photo, Bram saw a small insect on his arm. He stepped forward to put it on a leaf. His hat moved with him. The string pulled the other hats. Everyone tried to keep their hats on.

The camera took a photo.

They tried moving forward together. But Pella said "Go" when someone said "Wait." Only half moved. One hat covered its owner's eyes. Another rose above its owner's head.

The camera took another photo. Pella had set it to keep taking pictures by mistake.

She stopped it and removed the string. They took photos of the hats on the seat, with stones inside to hold them down.

Pella put a clear photo in the shop window beside the funny photo of eight people standing in different ways. She wrote:"Our hats are ready for summer. We need more practice taking photos."