6 Ch6-Beauty and the Beast

Chapter 6 Beauty and the Beast I really missed TV. TV Turnoff Month started, and I had to go a whole day without any TV. It was horrible! I thought I was gonna die! Believe it or not, I couldn't wait for school to start. There's a TV in our class- room, but we hardly ever get to watch it,

so at least I wasn't missing anything. Plus, we had music class. And music class with Mr. Hynde is better than TV anyway. "Good news, my little shorties," Mr. Hynde said "In honor of TV Turnoff Month, we're gonna put on a play!" "Yippee!" shouted all the girls. "Plays are fun." "Boo!" moaned all the boys. "Plays are dumb." "This play's gonna be off the hook, dudes," Mr. Hynde told us. "It's gonna be a hip-hop play." "I was in a play at day camp last summer," said Andrea. "It was called The

Princess and the Pea. I played the beauti- ful princess." "Did you pee right on the stage?" I asked. "That's disgusting!" "Not that kind of peas A.J.!" "We're gonna put on Beauty and the Beast," said Mr. Hynde. "Now who wants to be Beauty?" "I do! I do! I do!" shouted Andrea and a few of the other girls. Mr. Hynde did eeny meeny minie moe, and guess which smarty-pants brown- noser little Miss Perfect who should have a refrigerator fall on her head won? "Okay, Andrea is the beauty," said Mr. Hynde. "Now which one of you little

dudes wants to be the beast?" None of us boys raised his hand. No way I was going to be some dumb beast in a dumb play. "Don't bail on me, brothers," Mr. Hynde said. "One of you homeboys has to be the beast or we can't have the play." I looked over at Ryan and Michael. They were both looking at the floor and had their arms folded across their chests. "We don't want to be in a play," Ryan said. "Oh, I forgot to clue you," Mr. Hynde said. "The beast gets to lock Beauty in a dungeon and torture her." "I'll be the beast!" I shouted before

anybody else could get his hand in the air. "Okay, A.J. is the beast," Mr. Hynde said. This play is going to be cool!