10. Busted!

CHAPTER 10 BUSTED! George and Harold were in study hall when they heard the dreaded announcement over the intercom: "George Beard and Harold Hutchins, please report to Mr. Krupp's office immediately." "Oh, no," cried Harold. "We're busted!" "No way!" said George. "Remember, what happened yesterday was not our fault! We didn't do it—it was an accident!"

But Mr. Krupp was not as understanding. "I can't prove it, but I know you boys are responsible for yesterday's disaster," Mr. Krupp said. "I'm going to punish you by taking away your cafeteria privileges for the rest of the year! No more cafeteria food for you two!" "No more cafeteria food?" whispered Harold. "I thought he said he was going to punish us." "Yeah." George smiled. "Maybe if we're really bad, he'll take away our homework privileges, too!"

"I heard that!" screamed Mr. Krupp. "From now on, you boys are going to have to pack your own lunches and eat in my office so I can keep an eye on you!" "Rats!" said Harold. "But we didn't do it!" George protested. "WE DIDN'T DO IT!" "Too bad, bub!" said Mr. Krupp.

"Boy," said George. "This is probably the first time we've gotten in trouble for something we didn't do." "Unless you count all those times we didn't do our homework," said Harold. "Oh, yeah," laughed George.