April Fools’ Tricks

April Fools’ Tricks

Izzie loved playing tricks on April Fools’ Day. She hurried to get to Kids Central before the other kids. Soon Nina came in. She pulled out a chair to sit beside Izzie. “ Aah! ” Nina screamed. A huge black spider was on her seat! Izzie laughed. “ April Fool! ” She picked up the rubber spider.

Nina laughed too. “ That was a good one! You scared me! ” Jason and Ethan arrived next. Jason hung up his backpack. “ Watch this, ” Izzie whispered to Nina. Jason and Ethan sat down. Izzie slipped something into Jason’s backpack. Then she walked to the window and stared outside.

“ Rib-bit! Rib-bit! ” Izzie spun around. “ What was that noise? It sounded like a frog! ” Everyone looked at Jason’s backpack. “ Rib-bit! ” Jason went to his backpack and slowly reached inside.

“ It’s not a frog! It’s a . . . ” Jason held out a walkie-talkie. Izzie held up another one. “ Rib-bit! ” “ Here comes Bobby, ” Ethan whispered. “ Let’s play a trick on him! ” Izzie quickly pressed a quarter to the floor with sticky stuff. Everyone watched as Bobby came in.

“ Hey! I found a quarter! ” He bent down and tried to pick it up. But it was stuck! All the kids laughed at the trick. Miss Shelly laughed too. “ Playing tricks is fun, ” she said. “ As long as it doesn’t go too far. Never play tricks that hurt other people’s feelings. ” “ Or tricks that damage property, ” Ethan added.