8 Ch8-Ghost in the Graveyard

Chapter 8 Ghost in the Graveyard When I got to school the next week, Ryan and Michael got to me as I was put- ting my backpack in my cubby. "Check out you-know-who," they said. At the front of the classroom, Andrea was juggling again. But she wasn't jug- gling scarves this time. She was juggling

three apples! She had all of them up in the air at the same time. If it had been anybody else, I would have thought it was cool. Andrea caught the apples and put them on Miss Daisy's desk as a present.

What a little brownnoser! "Thank you, Andrea!" Miss Daisy said. "That was wonderful. How did you learn to juggle?" "I practiced at home like Miss Small told us to," Andrea said. "It's easy!" I hate her. She should go off and become a juggling clown in the circus. "Okay, everybody, it's time to line up," Miss Daisy announced "Line up for what?" "Fizz Ed!" Miss Daisy said. "Yippee!" shouted all the girls. "Boo!" shouted all the boys. "I don't feel very good, Miss Daisy," I said. "What's the matter, A.J.?" she asked.

"Do you have a tummy ache? A headache?" I really felt fine. I just didn't want to go to Fizz Ed. But I didn't want to say that to Miss Daisy. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say. I had to think fast. "I think my tummy has a headache," I said, "or maybe it's my head that has a tummy ache." Everybody laughed, even though I didn't say anything funny. "I know a cure for that," said Miss Daisy. "Really?" I said. "Sure. You'll feel fine after an hour of Fizz Ed." We walked the million hundred miles to the gym. It was a really hot day, and I was already tired when we got there.

"Is everybody ready to play a game?" Miss Small asked. She was jumping up and down with excitement, like some little kid who never played a game before in her life. "What do you think she's gonna have us do now," Ryan whispered to me, "spin plates on sticks?" "I've got an idea for a game," I said, remembering to raise my hand. "What game do

you want to play, A.J.?" "How about chess?" "Chess?" asked Miss Small. "Don't you want to play a game where you get to run around and jump up and down and have fun?" "I'm a little tired of fun," I said. "Yeah, having fun is too much work," Ryan said. "How about we have a contest to see who can sit around and do nothing the longest?" suggested Michael. "Oh, no. We're going to have lots of fun today," said Miss Small. "We're going to play a game called Ghost in the Graveyard."