Wanda the Worrywart

Potter's Lodge has been the scene of many happy summer vacations for Wanda Munson. She always enjoys them even though she worries a lot. She worries about getting lost in the woods, about moose attacks, about rainstorms—anything at all, all the time. Somebody has to tackle the world's worries and it may as well be Wanda, as she is so good at it. In fact, she can't help herself. And while the other kids at Potter's don't exactly despise Wanda, they don't hesitate to point out to her that she's a worrywart. This summer, Wanda has a bigger than usual worry: Phyllis. Phyllis is Wanda's former stepgrandmother, an ill-tempered woman who thinks spiked heels and dangly earrings are proper dress for a hike in the woods. Though she is no longer married to Wanda's grandfather, Phyllis obviously intends to stay a long time with the Munsons—perhaps forever. As far as Wanda is concerned, this is her biggest worry yet. But it may be the worrywarts of the world who are most alert to solutions. When Phyllis sets her cap for an elderly bachelor, Wanda (worrying all the way) is unusually eager to speed the romance along. In fact there is rather a lot of scheming going on before Wanda proves, at least to herself, that worrying pays off.