Race came up to me and worriedly whispered, "Lee, where's ya hat?" My eyes widened in fear and I lost all the color in my face. Denton took a picture of me without my hat. And now I can't find it.
"I don't know, I lost it!" Where could it have gone? I frantically searched the ground. I was nervous about asking any of the boys, especially since they just found out about me being a girl. After a while, I began to panic. Where was it?
Suddenly, I heard a sharp whistle from the rooftop next to the Distribution center. I looked up to see Spot waving me up. I glanced around and quickly scampered up the wall in a matter of seconds.
"Whatcha need, Spot?" I said, sounding slightly irritated.
He looked taken aback and replied with, "I didn't need ya attitude."
"Sorry," I muttered, "I'm just panicking because I can't find..." At this moment, Spot pulled my hat from behind a crate.
"My hat!"
"I saw it on da ground, and after I saw you without ya hat, I just put two and two together." He handed me my hat.
"I was kinda confused when I saw ya without ya hat," He said.
"Oscar knocked me ova and it fell off. Then, I was so busy fightin', I didn't have time ta grab it."
Spot looked down at the celebrating newsies.
"What are they talkin' about?" He asked.
"Don't know," I said, "but I'm gonna find out." I climbed down and ran into David.
"Where you goin'?" I asked.
"We're going home now," He said, "Denton told us to meet him at Tibby's tomorrow. See ya then!"
I looked up to Spot and waved him goodbye, then tucked my braid into my hat. All the newsies of Manhattan knew I was a girl, but it was still natural for me to hide my hair. Tomorrow's lunch was going to be interesting.
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Lea of New York
FanfictionLea Higgins is the only girl newsie, but no one knows except her brother, Racetrack. One day, the World decides to Jack up the price of papers, so the Manhattan newsies go on strike. They can't do it alone, so they reach out to the toughest group of...
