16. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Beehive

CHAPTER 16 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BEEHIVE? The struggle that followed may someday be remembered as the single most unlucky thing that ever happened in the history of the world. First, George pulled his arm out of Wedgie Woman's grasp. Then Harold squirmed away, too. When Wedgie Woman lunged after them, George crouched down into a ball behind Wedgie Woman's feet. All it took was a simple nudge from Harold to send the ferocious female toppling over backward...

...right into the wall. KLUNK! The bookshelf above Wedgie Woman's head shook violently, causing a strange-looking juice carton to topple over: Suddenly, a stream of glowing green juice poured out of the carton, directly into the tightly woven beehive of hair atop Wedgie Woman's head.

"NOOO!" yelled Harold as he grabbed the juice carton. "This is the juice we got from that spaceship back in our third book!" "You mean the one with the annoyingly long title?" asked George. "Yeah!" said Harold. "This is Extra- Strength Super Power Juice! And a whole bunch of it got in her hair!" "Don't worry," said George. "None of it got in her mouth. What's the worst thing that could happen? Her hairstyle would have super powers?" "Well," said Harold, "I guess you're right. That is pretty stupid... even for one of our stories!" "It's pretty funny, though," said George.

Suddenly, two coiled arms of twisting hair shot out of Wedgie Woman's head and grabbed George and Harold by the back of their underwear, yanking them high into the air. "You know," said George, "this isn't as funny as I thought it would be."