4 Muscle-Bound

CHAPTER 4 MUSCLE-BOUND AWESOME! When I get home, I realize Eric had a point, and it wasn't just the top of his head. I need some muscles... quick, if I want to win any events. I EAT MUSCLES.

On TV that night, there's an ad for muscles. It's a complete body-building system for $19.95. Normally, it sells for $385. But if you call in the next five min- utes, they'll cut the price in half to $9.97. It's called Wimpflex and it guar- antees muscles in eight days or your money back. The field day is in six days. Maybe I could go from total wimp to almost wonderful. I check my piggy bank. I have ten dollars— I'm on my way—I call in. Look out, field day, here I come! I HAVE TEN DOLLARS IN COINS.

I send off my money and wait. Every day I check the mailbox after school. Days pass. I'm getting weaker and weaker. Then three days later, it comes! My complete Wimpflex body- building system. I eagerly open the little box. It's a rubber band and a booklet. Well, I read the booklet and start right away to make up for lost time. Maybe I can go from shrimp to strong- man before the field day. ANYTHING FOR ME? AND ME?

THIS IS IT?