11 Ch11-Another Emergency

Chapter 11 Another Emergency Mr. Klutz was just hanging there off the side of the school, a few feet from the top. We all gasped. Somebody ran to get Miss Daisy and Mrs. Cooney, the school nurse, Miss Daisy had helped us once before, when Mr. Klutz got stuck on the top of the flagpole and had to be lowered down.

"You're doing great!" Andrea shouted up to Mr. Klutz. "Keep going!" "I can't!" Mr. Klutz yelled down. "Then go up to the top!" Ryan shouted up. "I can't!" Mr. Klutz yelled down. "Why not?" we all shouted up. "I'm afraid I'll fall!" Mr. Klutz yelled down. I guess it's a lot easier to climb up a wall than it is to climb back down a wall. Mr. Klutz was frozen up there. He couldn't move. By that time the whole school was out- side watching him. Miss Small, our gym teacher, had some kids go get a bunch of

tumbling mats from the gym. She put them on the ground below Mr. Klutz so if he fell, he wouldn't end up like Humpty Dumpty. "This is all your fault, A.J.!" said Andrea. "You're the one who said we should start an emergency." "Hey, you're the one who said he was depressed!" I told Andrea. "And you said I was a genius. It's your fault." "Is not!" "Is too!" We went on like that for a while, until Mrs. Cooney said she was going to call the fire department on her cell phone. They could bring over a long ladder and rescue Mr. Klutz.

"Don't call the fire department!" yelled down Mr. Klutz. "Why not?" asked Mrs. Cooney. "I play racquetball with the fire chief once a week," Mr. Klutz yelled down. "If he finds out about this, he'll never let me hear the end of it." "So what should we do?" asked Miss Daisy, "Call Miss Lazar!" yelled down Mr. Klutz. "But it's her day off," said Miss Daisy, "Just call her!"