11 Ch11-We Finally Meet the Nude Kid

Chapter 11 We Finally Meet the Nude Kid The bus turned a corner, and we saw the big sign— ELLA MENTRY SCHOOL. "We're there yet!" announced Mrs. Kormel. "Yippee!" yelled all the girls. "Boo!" yelled all the boys. Mrs. Kormel pulled the bus up to the curb, and Mr. Klutz came running over.

"Bingle boo!" he said. "What—" But he never got the chance to finish his sentence because, at that moment, the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. Mrs. Kormel must have leaned against the magic STOP sign button by accident. Because the magic STOP sign on the side of the bus swung out at the exact same time as Mr. Klutz arrived. The STOP sign smacked

Mr. Klutz on the side of his bald head! He fell down! It was a real Kodak moment. Those STOP signs are dangerous! We all rushed off the bus to see if Mr. Klutz was okay. He stood up slowly. He looked like he'd been in a fight, or he'd drunk too much beer. "W-what happened?" he asked. "The STOP sign hit you in the head," said Mrs. Kormel. "I'm so sorry." "No, I mean why were you so late?" asked Mr. Klutz. Everybody started telling Mr. Klutz what happened. "We had a flat tire!" "We got kidnapped and drove to the North Pole!"

"We went to the nude kid's house!" "A.J. threw a doll out the window!" "Ryan ate his seat cushion!" "We got lost in the rainforest!" "We pushed the bus out of a ditch!" "We had a funeral for Striker Smith's head!" "Well, I'm just glad you're all safe!" said Mr. Klutz. "Did we miss the big spelling test?" asked Andrea. "Oh, your teacher Miss Daisy was out sick today," said Mr. Klutz. "So your class had a substitute teacher named Ms. Todd. You'll have your spelling test tomorrow." "Yippee!" yelled all the girls. "Boo!" yelled all the boys.

While we were yelling, the school bell rang. The front door opened, and kids started pouring out. "It's three o'clock!" said Mr. Klutz. "Everybody back on the bus. It's time to go home." "Home?" said Andrea. "But we just got here!" "Bix blattinger!" yelled Mrs. Kormel.

"Hey, wait a minute," I said to Mr. Klutz. "Where's the nude kid?" "Nude kid?" said Mr. Klutz. "What are you talking about, A.J.?" "You know," I said, "the kid we were going to pick up before we got lost." "Ohhhhh!" said Mr. Klutz. "You mean the new kid. He's not nude. He's new. Here he comes now." This kid came over to the bus. He looked pretty normal. He even had clothes on. "What's your name?" Ryan asked him. "Neil." "Really?" Michael asked. "Yeah, my name is Neil Crouch."