37. Back to Normal

CHAPTER 37 BACK TO NORMAL George and Harold woke up to the rising sun and looked out their tree house window. "The whole city looks like it's back to normal," said George. "Even the stinky brown clouds have disappeared!" said Harold.

It was a good thing, too, because George's and Harold's colds had finally gone away. The two friends climbed down from their tree house and looked in Harold's bedroom window. Yesterday Harold was still sound asleep. Soon, the Rid-O-Kid 2000TM would wear off, and Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold would be back to normal.

George and Harold walked out to the front yard, where they saw some familiar faces. "What happened?" cried Harold. "Is everything OK?" "Of course it is," said Old George. "Yeah," said Old Harold. "Adults can be heroes, too, you know!"

Old George and Old Harold told their younger selves all about their great adventure while they walked toward Echo Hills together. On the way, they passed Mr. Krupp. He was outside in his yard raking the grass as a jogger ran by snapping her fingers. SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! "You stay away from my yard!" Mr. Krupp shouted.

"What's going on?" cried Harold. "Mr. Krupp just heard somebody snap their fingers, and he DIDN'T turn into you-know- who!" "I have no idea how that happened," said Old George. Perhaps it was the electromagnetic pulse that erased the hypnotic spell from Mr. Krupp's brain. Or maybe it happened during the Super-Power-Juice-ectomy. Nobody knew for sure, but for some strange reason, Mr. Krupp was now back to normal, too.

Soon our heroes arrived at Echo Hills and prepared to return to the future. "Thanks for all of your help last night," said George. "Yeah," said Harold. "You guys did a pretty good job for old people." "PRETTY GOOD?!!?" cried Old Harold. "OLD PEOPLE?!!?" cried Old George.