10 Ch10-The President Is Missing!

Chapter 10 The President Is Missing! The next day we had to go to school (BOO!), but we also got to give our oral reports (YAY!). It was cool watching everybody walk up the front steps dressed up like a president. Kids were wearing hats, beards, suits, and ties. Even the girls! That was weird.

Neil the nude kid was dressed up like Thomas Jefferson. He brought his ferret, Mr. Wiggles I mean President Wiggles with him in a cage. Neil told us that President Wiggles was going to sit in Mr. Klutz's office all day and boss him around because he was president of the school. Ryan was dressed up like James Garfield, and he brought a stuffed Garfield cat with him. Michael was dressed up like Herbert Hoover, and he brought a vacuum cleaner with him. Which president are you, A.J.? they asked when they saw me. I had a cane, glasses, and a fur hat.

It's a secret, I said. But just watch me blow the doors off Andrea's oral report. After we pledged the allegiance in our class, Mrs. Patty's voice came over the loudspeaker. She told us Mr. Klutz had an announcement to make. Two very special guests are visiting our school today, he said. Dr. Carbles, the president of the Board of Education, will be here any minute. He is eager to

hear some of your Presidents' Day oral reports. And I would like to welcome the new president of Ella Mentry School... Mr. Wiggles, the ferret that belongs to Neil Crouch in Miss Daisy's class! Everybody started cheering. Neil the nude kid took a bow. This song called Hail to the Chief came out of the loud- speaker. When it was over, Mr. Klutz and Mrs. Patty were still talking. I guess they forgot to turn off the microphone in the office. Uh, where's the ferret? Mr. Klutz asked. I don't know. I thought you had it. I put the cage on your desk.

I put it on the floor over there. The cage is empty! shouted Mrs. Patty. The ferret must have escaped! Oh no! Mr. Wiggles! screamed Neil the nude kid. He totally freaked and went running out of the class. Meanwhile, Mr. Klutz and Mrs. Patty were still talking over the loudspeaker. We have to find the ferret! shouted Mr. Klutz. It must

be around here somewhere! How far could a ferret get? It could be anywhere! We'll have to search the school! Lock the outside doors! shouted Mr. Klutz. Don't tell the students that the ferret is missing! They might freak out! But it was too late. By now everybody knew that President Wiggles was missing, and everybody was freaking out. Miss Daisy told us to stay in our seats, but there was no way I was going to stay in my seat with a ferret running around loose. Those things look like long rats! It could be in my desk for all I knew. We all went running into the hallway, and guess who we saw there?