1 Ch1-Crazy Pet Day

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Chapter 1 Crazy Pet Day My name is A.J. and I hate school. Man, I wish I was a grown-up. Grown- ups are so lucky. They don't have to go to school. If I was a grown-up, you know which grown-up I would be? I would be the president of the United States. And you

know what I would do if I was president of the United States? I would close all the schools. Then kids wouldn't have to go anymore. That's what I would do. But until I become president, I guess I'll have to keep going to school. Bummer in the summer! It was Crazy Pet Day at Ella Mentry School, so kids who had crazy pets brought them in to show the class. My friend Ryan brought in his hermit crab. This girl named Annette brought in her bird (which, if you ask me, isn't crazy at all). I don't have a crazy pet. I just have a dog, which isn't crazy at all. I wish I

had a penguin. Penguins are cool. But my parents won't get me one because they live in Antarctica. Penguins, that is. Not my parents. My parents live at home with me. EEEEEEEK! screamed this girl Emily, who cries over everything. A rat! It wasn't a rat. It was a pet ferret that belonged to Neil Crouch (who we call Neil the nude kid even though he wears clothes).

But it did look a little bit like a rat. A long rat. What's your ferret's name? I asked Neil the nude kid as I looked in his cage. (The ferret's cage, that is. Not Neil's. He doesn't live in a cage. He lives in a house with his parents.) His name is Mr. Wiggles. Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap clapped our teacher Miss Daisy. That's her signal that we have to stop talking. We'll learn all about your crazy pets later, Miss Daisy told us. But first, I have big news! Miss Daisy said she has a big nose, I whispered to my friend Michael. He cracked up.

Do you have something you'd like to share with the rest of us, A.J.? asked Miss Daisy. No. The big news is that Presidents' Day is coming up next week, said Miss Daisy. What's Presidents' Day? somebody asked. I have no idea, said Miss Daisy, who doesn't know anything. Maybe one of you kids can tell the class what makes Presidents' Day special? I raised my hand. So did Andrea Young, this really annoying girl with curly brown hair. She was waving her hand in the air, like always. Andrea thinks she knows everything. But Miss Daisy called on me