4. Fibers

4/Fibers It was the next morning. I gave Tickle my sugar cereal. I gave him my Sweetie Puffs. And my Crackle Berries. And my Happy Smacky Flakes. He loved eating that stuff very much. Then he runned in the living room. And he throwed up on the rug. Mother screamed real loud. That's how come I hided under the sink. But she and Daddy found me there.

They did not handle theirselves that professional. "WHY, JUNIE B.? WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING!" shouted Daddy very loud. "DO WE HAVE TO WATCH YOU

EVERY MINUTE?" shouted Mother very loud. Just then, my grandma Helen Miller walked in the front door. "Grandma Miller! Grandma Miller! I love you! I love you!" I shouted. Then I runned to her speedy fast. And I hided in her coat till Mother and Daddy left for work. After that, my grandma let me pick a new cereal to eat. I picked a grown-up kind. It was the kind with fibers in it. "This kind is good for me. Right, Grandma? This kind won't even jazzy me up." Then I put that delicious stuff in my mouth. And I chewed and chewed. Only it didn't

actually grind up that good. I chewed on it the whole entire morning. I was still chewing when that Grace got on my school bus. She ran to me very excited. "Look, Junie B.! Look what my mother bought me!" she said. She holded up her foot. "New running shoes!" she said. "See them? See the lightning stripes on the sides! That means I can run as fast as lightning! And so now Warren will love me the best for sure!" I pointed at my mouth. "Yeah, only I can't actually discuss this right now, Grace. 'Cause I'm chewing fibers here," I said. I opened up to show her. "See them in there? They are stuck in my teeth, I think."

After that, I poked all around with my fingernail. And I sucked them out. I smacked my lips together. "Good news. I think I'm done," I said. That Grace tried to show me her shoes again. "Yeah, only sorry, Grace. But I still can't talk yet. 'Cause I have to do something very important." Then I leaned back in my seat. And I closed my eyes. And I didn't move for lots of seconds. All of a sudden, I clapped my hands very joyful. "Did you see me, Grace? Did you see how calm I was just then? That's because I don't have sugar in me today! And I can sit still very excellent!" I hugged her real tight.

"It worked, Grace! The fiber cereal worked! Now I'm not a nutball anymore! And so Handsome Warren will love me just like he loves you!" That Grace did not look happy. She bended down and dusted her new shoes. I bended down there with her. "How come you're not happy, Grace? How come you're not happy that he will love me, too?" I asked. She did a huffy breath. "You're breathing on the shoes," she said. "Don't breathe on the shoes." Just then, the bus stopped at school. I looked out the window and clapped my hands real thrilled. "Grace! Grace! I see Handsome Warren! He's at the water fountain! And Lucille isn't