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Wednesday Last night I was lying in bed, and it hit me: I should go for Class Clown. It's not like I'm known for being real funny at school or anything, but if I can pull off one big prank right before voting, that could do it.

May Thursday Today I was trying to figure out how I was going to sneak a thumbtack onto Mr. Worth's chair in History when he said something that made me rethink my plan. Mr. Worth told us he has a dentist's appointment tomorrow, so we're going to have a substitute. Subs are like comic gold. You can say just about anything you want, and you can't get in trouble. GREG HEFFLEY, WILL YOU PLEASE DO THIS PROBLEM? YOUR MAMA! EXCUSE ME? YOUR BIG FANNY GRANNY! WELL, I HARDLY THINK THAT'S... YOUR SLAP-HAPPY GRANDPAPPY!

Friday I walked into my History class today, ready to execute my plan. But when I got to the door, guess who the substitute teacher was? Of all the people in the world to be our sub today, it was Mom. I thought Mom's days of getting involved at my school were over. She used to be one of those parents who came in to help out in the classroom. But that all changed after Mom volunteered to be a chaperone for our field trip to the zoo when I was in third grade. Mom had prepared all sorts of material to help us kids appreciate the different exhibits, but all anyone wanted to do was watch the animals go to

the bathroom. Anyway, Mom totally foiled my plan to win Class Clown. I'm just lucky there's not a category called Biggest Mama's Boy, because after today, I'd win that one in a landslide. Wednesday The school paper came out again today. I quit my job as school cartoonist after "Creighton the Curious Student" came out, and I didn't really care

who they picked to replace me. But everyone was laughing at the comics page at lunch, so I picked up a copy to see what was so funny. And when I opened it up, I couldn't believe my eyes. It was "Zoo-Wee Mama." And of course Mr. Ira didn't change a single word of Rowley's strip. Zoo-Wee Mama by Rowley Jefferson Hey beautiful lady do you want to go on a date with me? I am not a lady I am just one of those dogs with long hair so no thanks to that date. ZOO-WEE MAMA! So now Rowley's getting all the fame that was supposed to be mine.

Even the teachers are kissing Rowley's butt. I almost lost my lunch when Mr. Worth dropped his chalk in History class— Monday This "Zoo-Wee Mama" thing has really got me worked up. Rowley is getting all the credit for a comic that we came up with together. I figured the