10 Ch10-The Spudmobile

Chapter 10 The Spudmobile That crazy mad scientist Mr. Docker was four feet away and he was holding a big, sharp knife. I looked at Ryan. Ryan looked at Michael. Michael looked at me. Andrea and Emily ran away. "Are you going to swap our b-b- brains?" I asked Mr. Docker.

"What are you d-d-doing with that knife?" asked Ryan. "I'm peeling potatoes," Mr. Docker said. "What's that smell?" "I made a stink bomb," Ryan said. "Excellent!" said Mr. Docker. "I'm glad you're doing science projects at home.

Welcome to my laboratory." We looked around Mr. Docker's garage. It was filled with lots of test tubes, jars of chemicals, and other stuff. But the thing that stood out was his car. It didn't have a metal covering like a normal car. The whole thing was covered with potatoes! "What's that?" Michael asked. "You're just in time," Mr. Docker said. "I've been working on it for months and it's finally done. Behold the Spudmobile!" The car was covered with rows and rows of potatoes. Each potato had wires attached to it that went to the engine. It was the weirdest-looking car I ever saw.

"You built a car powered by potatoes?" Ryan asked. "It can also run on pickles," Mr. Docker replied. "But I thought a Picklemobile would sound silly. Do you want a ride?" "Sure!" we said as we climbed in. "It has that new potato car smell," said Michael. "What kind of mileage does this thing get?" asked Ryan, who knows a lot about cars. "About five miles per potato," said Mr. Docker. He turned the key. The engine started up with a quiet hum. Mr. Docker pulled out of the driveway. It really worked!

"Maybe someday all cars will run on potatoes," Mr. Docker said "They won't have gas stations anymore. They'll have potato stations." "And if you're out driving and you get hungry," I said, "you can eat your car." "The possibilities are endless!" said Mr. Docker. "We could heat our houses with potatoes! Someday we'll have potato- powered computers and TV sets."

"They could have potato-powered toys," I suggested. "Potatoes not included." Mr. Docker let out one of his cackling laughs. That's when I realized that he's not an evil mad scientist at all. Mr. Docker is the coolest nerd in the history of the world! We turned the corner, and there were Andrea and Emily on the sidewalk.