13. It's Too Late!

CHAPTER 13 IT'S TOO LATE! When George and Harold reached Mr. Krupp's office, they found only his clothes, shoes, and toupee on the floor. "Look," said Harold. "The window is open, and one of the red curtains is missing." "What do we do now?" asked George. "Do we save Captain Underpants, or do we stay here and get eaten by a bunch of toilets?" "Hmmm.... Let me think about that one!" said Harold as he climbed out the window.

George quickly collected Mr. Krupp's things and shoved them into his backpack. Then he jumped out the window after Harold. The two boys slid down the flagpole and ran off after Captain Underpants. "Where does he think he's going?" asked George. "I have no idea," said Harold. "But we'd better run fast because I think we're being followed!"

Captain Underpants dashed through the backyards of some nearby houses and collected pairs of underwear from the clotheslines. "Mommy," said a little boy looking out his window, "a man in a red cape just stole our underwear."

"And now two boys are being chased by a ferocious-looking toilet with sharp, pointy teeth, screaming, 'Yum, yum, eat 'em up!'" "Yeah, right!" laughed his mother. "Just how gullible do you think I am?!!?"