10 Ch10-The Greatest Invention in the History of the World

Chapter 10 The Greatest Invention in the History of the World The next morning Mr. Klutz came into our class with his bald head. "Tomorrow Dr. Carbles is coming to visit our school," said Mr. Klutz. "He's the president of the Board of Education. He wants to see if we're making any progress with bringing our school into the 21st century. So I expect all of you to be on your very best behavior." "We will!" we all said. "Is our computer teacher tied up in the dungeon, being shot with laser beams?" Emily asked. "Not that I know of," Mr. Klutz replied. "In fact, I think Mrs. Yonkers is in the computer lab, working on her lesson plans now." We were all happy that Mrs. Yonkers was back at school. But when we saw her in the computer lab, she looked really tired. She told us she didn't get any sleep last night. "I was thinking about you kids," she told us, "and I think I came up with the solution to your problem." She pulled a sheet off a computer in the corner. Attached to the computer was a box that looked sort of like a big microwave oven. "What's that?" Michael asked. "I call it the JFT," Mrs. Yonkers said. "Junk Food Transformer. Watch this."

She took a piece of broccoli out of a bag on her desk and put it in the Junk Food Transformer. Then she typed something on the computer keyboard. The microwave thing buzzed for a minute or so, and then a bell rang. Mrs. Yonkers opened the door. And you'll never believe what was in there. A York Peppermint Pattie! "Wow!" we all shouted. "What happened to the broccoli?" asked Andrea. "The Junk Food Transformer turned it into a York Peppermint Pattie!" said Mrs. Yonkers. She unwrapped the Peppermint Pattie and took a bite out of it. "That's impossible!" Ryan said. "It's a trick!" "You think so?" Mrs. Yonkers asked. "Well, watch this." She took a handful of green beans— the most vile and disgusting food in the history of the world— and put it into the Junk Food Transformer. Then she typed something on the keyboard. The microwave thing started buzzing again. When the bell rang and Mrs. Yonkers opened the door, do you know what was inside? Three Hershey's bars!

"Wow!" we all shouted. Mrs. Yonkers peeled off a wrapper and gave each of us a piece. "It tastes just like chocolate!" marveled Michael. "It is chocolate," said Mrs. Yonkers, "yet it has all the vitamins and nutrients of green beans! The Junk Food Transformer turns health food into healthy junk food." "It's amazing!" said Andrea. "You should get the No Bell Prize," I told Mrs. Yonkers. "Say, can the Junk Food Transformer turn junk food into health food?" asked Ryan. "Why would anybody want to do that?" I asked. Ryan is weird. Mrs. Yonkers said it was okay for us to go back to our classroom and get our healthy lunches from our cubbies. I never ran so fast in my whole life. When we got back to the computer lab, Mrs. Yonkers had a grocery bag filled with fruits and vegetables on her desk. We spent the rest of class turning all the health food into junk food. It was the greatest day of my life. We made Milk Duds and Sugar Daddys. AirHeads and WarHeadst Ring Pops and Push Pops and Blow Pops and Pop Rocks. We ended up with so much candy, gum, and lollipops that it looked like Halloween. There was no way we could eat it all. When the bell rang and it was time to go, we stashed a bunch of candy in Mrs. Yonkers's closet. "This is the greatest invention in the history of the world!" I told Mrs. Yonkers. "Shhhhh," she said. "Don't tell anybody yet. It will be our little secret!"