5 Ch5-Miss Suki Finally Arrives

Chapter 5 Miss Suki Finally Arrives When we got to school the next morning, there was a big sign on the front lawn: ELLA MENTRY SCHOOL WELCOMES MISS SUKI KABUKI FOR AUTHOR DAY AND PICTURE DAY! All the girls were dressed up for Picture Day. All the boys were dressed like slobs, as usual.

After we put our backpacks in our cub- bies, Andrea and Emily took out their little mirrors and tried to make them- selves look pretty. That would make a good movie Mission Impossible! Miss Daisy told us that our pictures would be taken at the end of the day, after the author visit. Because there was so much going on at school, we would have to miss math. Yeah, baby! I hate math. Everybody was whispering, Where's Miss Suki? Is Miss Suki here yet? We pressed our faces against the window so we could be the first to see Miss Suki when she arrived. And then I saw her! I was looking

through the window between our class- room and the hallway when a lady walked by on the red construction paper carpet that was taped to the floor. I recognized her face from the author photo in her book. Miss Suki was pulling a rolling cart with a big box on it. She was a skinny little lady, not much bigger than a kid. It looked like a gust of wind could knock her over. It's her! I shouted. Miss Suki is here! Everybody made a mad dash into the hallway. That's when the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. The wheel of Miss Suki's rolling cart got caught on the red carpet or something and it made her trip. She fell flat on her face.

We all ran over to help her. Why is that paper all over the floor? Miss Suki asked. It's not paper, Ryan told her. It's a red carpet, so you could make a grand entrance. Can you please get rid of it? she said. I've had a hard day already. My plane was delayed, and the taxi driver got lost on the way over here. Oooooh, she has her own plane! somebody said.

Oooooh, she has her own taxi! some- body else said. Are you really the famous children's book author Miss Suki Kabuki? I asked. Yes, I am! she replied, and she shook my hand. Oooooh, I touched somebody famous! I said. I'm never going to wash this hand again! Big deal, Arlo, said Andrea. You prob- ably never wash your hands anyway. Oh, snap! said Ryan. So is your face, I told Andrea. What's in the box, Miss Suki? asked Emily. Oh, you'll find out later, she said. It's

my mystery box. But first, can you tell me where the office is? I need to introduce myself to your principal, Mr. Putz. It's Klutz! everybody shouted, and we told Miss Suki how to get to the office. We were so excited that we were the first class in school to meet Miss Suki. The bad part was, we had to wait a million hundred hours for her assembly to start. First, she had to visit the kindergarten trolls. After that she had to talk to the fifth and sixth graders. Then she had to have lunch with the teachers. Then she had to sign all the books that kids ordered. Finally it was time for our assembly. Andrea and Emily wanted to bring their