When Nina arrived at summer camp, Mr. Dunn was setting a basket of lemons on the picnic table.
"Good morning, Mr. Dunn!" she called.
"Good morning, Nina," Mr. Dunn said.
Nina picked three lemons out of the basket.
Her aunt had tried to teach her how to juggle last week.
But Nina still couldn't do it.
Plop, plop, plop.
The lemons landed on the ground.
By now the other campers arrived.
"Hey, Nina!" Bobby laughed.
"Did you sign up for clown school?"
Nina frowned at him.
"I'm not a clown!"
Izzie picked up the lemons.
"Do we need these lemons today?"
Mr. Dunn nodded. "It's okay that they fell.
We're going to squeeze all of the juice out of them anyway."
"Yay! We're making lemonade!" Izzie cried.
Inside the gym the kids gathered around Mr. Dunn.
"Lemonade is one of my favorite summer drinks," the teacher said.
"It's one of mine too!" said Izzie.
"I like it really sweet."
"Then you'll love this recipe," Mr. Dunn said.
Ethan read the board.
"To make the syrup, we have to heat the sugar and water until the sugar dissolves.
But how will we know when the sugar dissolves?"
"It'll disappear," said Mr. Dunn. "And turn into a clear syrup."
Ethan and Jason made the syrup.
The other campers cut lemons.
Mr. Dunn handed forks to the lemon-cutters.
"Now we remove the seeds."
After Nina, Izzie, and Bobby removed the seeds, they squeezed the lemons to make juice.
"Should we take out the pulp?" Nina asked.
"No way!" Izzie cried. "Pulpy lemonade is the best!"
Soon the syrup was cool, and the lemon juice was ready.
Bobby poured them both into the pitcher.
"Is that it?" he asked.
"Almost," Mr. Dunn said.
"We made the sweet part.
And we made the sour part.
Now we have to add water."
"How much water?" Nina asked.
"Let's start by adding two and half cups.
We'll keep tasting the lemonade until it's just right," Mr. Dunn said.
They each poured half a cup of water into the pitcher.
Izzie poured herself a little lemonade.
"Mmm. It's sweet!"
Nina tried a small sip.
"It's too sweet!
Let's add more water."
After they added one more half cup of water, Bobby tried the lemonade.
"Mmm! That's good."
Ethan tasted some too.
"I think it needs more water.
But only a little bit."
"I agree," said Jason.
"Let's just add ice cubes now," Nina suggested.
"Great idea!" said Mr. Dunn.
"Ice will cool the lemonade and add just a tiny bit of water."
He got ice cubes from a cooler and added them to the pitcher.
Then everyone had a glass of iced lemonade.
"Wow! This is better than the lemonade at the deli," Izzie said.
"This is good enough to sell!" Bobby said.
"We could have a Kids Central Lemonade Stand!" Nina cried.
"Then instead of juggling lemons, I can make lemonade!"
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