3. When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best

CHAPTER 3 WHEN YOU CARE ENOUGH TO SEND THE VERY BEST Ms. Ribble went around the classroom handing out envelopes, sheets of construction paper, and butterfly stencils to all of the children. Then she wrote a poem on the chalkboard. "Alright, take out your crayons," said Ms. Ribble harshly. "I want you to use stencils to make a yellow butterfly on the front of your cards. When you're done, copy this poem on the inside."

"Can we make up our own poems?" asked Melvin Sneedly. "No!" snapped Ms. Ribble. "Do we have to use stencils?" asked Aaron Mancini. "YES!" yelled Ms. Ribble. "Can we make our butterflies purple?" asked Stephanie Yarkoff.

"NO!" screamed Ms. Ribble. "Butterflies are yellow! Everyone knows that!" While the rest of the class worked on their cards, George and Harold had a better idea. "Let's make Ms. Ribble a comic book instead!" said George. "Yeah!" said Harold. "We can make it all about her. It'll be cool!"

So that's just what they did.