“THIS WAS A great idea, Tomiko!” Dandelion Pinkley said to her best friend. “But I’m not good at it. In fact, I’m terrible!”
“That’s not true!” Tomiko said. Dandelion’s beloved dog, Don’t, whined and nudged Dandelion’s leg as if agreeing with Tomiko.
The girls sat in the park beneath a big sign they’d made. It read, “Bling Your Bike Here!” The park managers had set up a bike obstacle course, and Dandelion and Tomiko planned to earn extra money by making kids’ bikes super flashy for the event.
Tomiko’s dad, an inventor, had given them a giant basket full of bells, whistles, odd gadgets, and spare moving parts to use. Dandelion had brought paints, paintbrushes, stickers, feathers, and every other kind of decoration she had. And they’d already put some…
