4 Ch4-Abraham Lincoln's Face

Chapter 4 Abraham Lincoln's Face Who can tell us something about the real Abraham Lincoln? Miss Daisy asked after Mr. Macky left with his hat and beard. Lincoln rhymes with stinkin', I said. True.... Abraham Lincoln's face is on the penny, said Andrea.

That's right! said Miss Daisy. Andrea looked all proud of herself. I hate her. He should take that penny off his face, I said. No, Andrea said, I mean his face is on the penny. How did he hold the penny on his face? Ryan asked. With glue? That's disgusting, said Michael. I wouldn't put glue on my face. He was probably trying to cover up his pimples, I told them. When my big sister has pimples, she won't even go out- side.

Enough chitchat, said Miss Daisy, clapping her hands again. Let's look at our crazy pets now. I still say Abraham Lincoln was weird to put pennies on his face. We took some of the animals out of their cages and looked at them. Ryan told us about his hermit crab. Hermit crabs are really boring. They don't do anything! You can hardly even tell when they die, because they do the same stuff

dead that they did when they were alive. Nothing! Hermit crabs are weird. Annette told us about her bird. It was boring too, because it didn't talk or any- thing. The only cool birds are the ones that talk. Neil the nude kid told us about his ferret. He said ferrets have really bad eye- sight and they poop when they get excited. We all said we'd try not to get Mr. Wiggles excited. Everybody thought he was cool, even if he looked sort of disgusting. Emily said she's allergic to the ferret's fur. It makes her cough and rub her eyes. Ferrets are gross, anyway, she said.

Mr. Wiggles looks like a long rat. I was going to say, So does your face, but Emily would probably run out of the room crying again. Then I'd have to go to the principal's office. Besides, she was right. Mr. Wiggles did look like a long rat. But if you ask me, ferrets are cool. Not as cool as penguins, but they're still cool.