8. The Invention Convention Detention

CHAPTER 8 THE INVENTION CONVENTION DETENTION After school, Mr. Krupp ushered George and Harold into the detention room and wrote a long sentence on the chalkboard. "From now on," growled Mr. Krupp, "you boys will spend two hours a day after school copying this sentence over and over. I want every chalkboard in this room filled completely!" On his way out the door, Mr. Krupp turned and said with an evil grin, "And if either of you leaves this room for any reason, I'm going to suspend you both!"

Now, as you might have guessed, writing sentences was nothing new to George and Harold. The two boys waited until Mr. Krupp left the room, then they each took four homemade wooden rods out of their backpacks. The rods had holes in them that George and Harold had drilled in George's dad's woodshop. George screwed the rods together, while Harold inserted a piece of chalk into each hole.

Then they each took a pole and began copying Mr. Krupp's sentence. Every time they wrote one sentence, the wooden poles made twelve! After about three and a half minutes, every chalkboard in the room was completely filled.

George and Harold sat down and admired their work. "We've got a lot of time on our hands now," said George. "Got any ideas?" "Let's make a new comic book!" said Harold. So the two boys took out some paper and pens and created an all-new adventure about their favorite superhero. It was called Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets.