4. Purple Pottyville

CHAPTER 4 PURPLE POTTYVILLE After several intense minutes of orange flashing lights, X-ray beams, and lightning- infused electric whirlwinds, the Purple Potty finally stopped shaking and sputtering, and came to a sudden halt. Thick yellow smoke poured from its glowing-hot tailpipes as the grinding gears and coughing motor shifted into power-down mode. George and Harold had no idea what to expect.

They were supposed to be perched high up in a prehistoric tree, 65 million years ago, in the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era. But as they stepped out the plastic door of the Purple Potty, the boys were disheartened to find themselves in the middle of the school library, right where they had started.

"What are we doing here?" asked Harold. "I don't know," said George. "Something must have gone wrong." Harold carefully tucked Crackers back into his book bag, and the two boys looked around the brightly lit library.

"Well, hello, boys," said the school librarian. "This is Banned Books Week. Would you like to expand your minds today?" "Ummm... no thanks," said George. "Hey," said Harold, "didn't you get fired in our last book?" "I don't think so," said the librarian. "Hmmmm," said George. "I'm not feeling very good about this."

"Duh, not feeling good?" asked Melvin Sneedly, who had been struggling to comprehend the easy-to-read children's bestseller, FrankenFart vs. the Bionic Barf Bunnies from Diarrhea Land. "Maybe you should go see the school nurse!"

"We have a school nurse?" asked George. "I thought we just had a box of Band-Aids and a rusty saw," said Harold. "Duh, of course we have a school nurse," said Melvin. "His office is right next to our five-star gourmet cafeteria." George and Harold looked confused. "Uh, thanks," said George, "but we'll be OK."