21. Problems

CHAPTER 21 PROBLEMS The next morning, George and Harold woke up late. "Ahhh, it's nice to sleep in for a change, isn't it?" said George. "Yeah," said Harold. "But I gotta pee." This was something that George and Harold hadn't thought about. Usually, they would just climb down the ladder and run to their houses to use the bathroom. But George's and Harold's moms both worked from home, and they would not be happy to see the boys running in and out of the house on a school day.

Fortunately, empty 2-liter bottles come in very handy for such situations. But as they poured the contents of their emergency urinals out the window, both boys knew this solution wouldn't work for long. "Our food is running low," said Harold, "and I spent all of my allowance on those calzones last night." "No problem," said George. "We'll make a comic book, sell it on the playground at school, and use the money to buy all the junk we need! We can even buy one of those portable camping toilet thingies!" "But we're not supposed to go to school today," said Harold.

"Actually, we're not supposed to go to our classes today!" George clarified. "As long as we're never in the same place as our doubles, we should be fine." So George and Harold cleared a space at their desk and began working on their newest comic book. It was called: