Stay out of the basement (3)

Stay out of the basement (3)

Mom had noticed it, too, Margaret thought, running full-out and making another grandstand catch just before colliding with the side of the garage.　　
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The ships were very nearly colliding with each other―The ships just missed colliding with each other
船が衝突し損なった
the act of colliding with something
何かと衝突する行為

Having Dad home has made Mom really tense, too.

She pretends everything is fine.
But I can tell she's worried about him.

"Lucky catch, Fatso ! " Casey called.

Margaret hated the Fatso even more than she hated Princess.

People i her family jokingly called her Fatso because she was so thin, like her father.

She also was tall like him, but she had her mother's straight brown hair, brown eyes, and dark coloring.

"Don't call me that." she heaved the red disc at him.

He caught it at his knees and flipped it back to her.

They tossed it back and forth without saying much for another ten or fifteen minute.

" I'M getting hot, " Margaret said, shielding her eyes from the afternoon sun with her hand.
" Let's go in. "

Casey tossed the Frisbee against the garage wall.
It dropped onto the grass.

He came trotting over to her.
" Dad always plays longer, " he said peevishly.
" And he throws better. You throw like a girl. "

" Give me a break, " Margaret groaned, giving him a playful shove " Margaret groaned, giving him a playful shove as she jogged to the back door.
" You throw like a chimpanzee. "

" How come dad got fired ? " he asked.
 
She blinked. And stopped running.
The question had caught her by surprise.
" Huh ?"

(つづく　3/5)