6. The Retirement Card

CHAPTER 6 THE RETIREMENT CARD George and Harold were gathering their new-and-improved "Friday Memo" copies into small piles when Principal Krupp came into the office. "Hey!" Mr. Krupp shouted. "What are you two troublemakers doing in here?" "Miss Anthrope told us to pass the 'Friday Memo' out to all the classrooms," said George innocently. "Well, make it snappy!" yelled Principal Krupp.

Suddenly, Harold got a sneaky idea. He took out the blank piece of construction paper that Ms. Ribble had given him earlier. "Hey, Mr. Krupp," said Harold, "will you sign this retirement card for our teacher?" Mr. Krupp grabbed the card from Harold and eyed it suspiciously. "This card is blank!" Mr. Krupp growled. "I know," said Harold. "Our class is going to decorate it later. We wanted you to be the first to sign it."

"Well, alright then," said Mr. Krupp. He opened the card and quickly scribbled Signed, Mr. Krupp on the inside. Then he stormed out of the office.

"What are you gonna do with that?" asked George. "You'll see," said Harold, smiling.