7 Pick on Me!

CHAPTER 7 PICK ON ME! THEY DIDN'T NOTICE MY PECS. I'm in training. I mean I played with my electric train for hours. Nobody at school notices my new muscles, but I know they're under my shirt somewhere. Coach Kong says it's time to choose teams for tomorrow's field day.

Eric and Derek are the captains. We all line up and they flip a coin to see who goes first. Eric wins and picks Freddy, who now can get twenty-six pieces of bubble gum into his mouth. I flex my bicep, but Derek picks Randy because he's the fastest kid in class. Then I flex my abs, and Eric picks me because he's my best friend.

That just leaves Doris and Penny. Doris weighs more than Penny, so we could use her as an anchor for our team. Well, Derek picks her, and Penny joins our team. She's very thin. Maybe we could use her as a rope—that might be helpful!

I wish Superman or The Hulk was on our team. Oh well, we'll have to do our best without them. After school, I ride my bike to a local gym. Standing by the door, I watch other people work out. Boy, they sweat a lot. They smell, too! YUCK! PEW

Then I ride over to the health food store and breathe in the air. I hope some of it will make me healthier and stronger.

I'm doing everything I can do to get into shape. I even read my Wimpflex book- let over again. I hope that is some sort of exercise. Afterward, I watch a bodybuilding movie and pray that my muscles can see how rock-hard they should be. I hope that I am ready for tomorrow. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND. COOL.