11. The Refreshments

CHAPTER 11 THE REFRESHMENTS As George and Harold turned to leave the gymnasium, they heard the loud thumps of cleated wedding boots clomping down the aisle toward them. "I'M GONNA GRIND THOSE KIDS INTO HEADCHEESE!" screamed Ms. Ribble as she lunged for the two boys.

George and Harold screamed and ran to the back of the room near the refreshments. There they hid behind two large wooden pillars. Ms. Ribble approached the pillars and grasped them with her mighty hands. With a horrible roar, she pushed the right pillar over. It landed on the back of the luncheon table, causing the front of the table to flip high into the air. Unfortunately, this sent all of the food flying into the crowd.

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The creamy candied carrots clobbered the kindergartners. The fatty fried fish fritters flipped onto the first graders. The sweet-n-sour spaghetti squash splattered the second graders.

Three thousand thawing thimbleberries thudded the third graders. Five hundred frosted fudgy fruitcakes flogged the fourth graders. And fifty-five fistfuls of fancy french-fried frankfurters flattened the fifth graders.

By now you're probably worried that the wedding guests had nothing to drink with their lovely appetizers. Well, rest assured, the second pillar took care of that. Ms. Ribble pushed the left pillar into the fresh fruit display, causing it to topple over, sending