6 Costumes in Class

Six costumes in class. HARRIS TOOK HIS SEAT IN MATH class. He found it hard to get comfortable with all the metal pipes on his arms and legs. He removed his helmet and tried to focus on the lesson.

Ms. Milton, the math teacher, walked into the room. She was wearing a kangaroo costume, complete with a long tail and a stuffed toy baby kangaroo bouncing up and down in her pouch. She looked out at her classroom full of wizards, monsters, and ghosts.

Zeke picked up a pencil with his tentacle and tried to write. "What's the matter?" asked Dave Barrett. He sat next to Zeke and was dressed in a skeleton costume. "Don't aliens use pencils?" Zeke said, knowing Dave wouldn't believe him, "Actually no, we don't. We usually use our minds to write things down."

Dave chuckled and all the bones on his costume shook. Ms. Milton smiled. "Settle down, class. You all look wonderful!" she said. "But we still have to complete today's lesson." Ms. Milton wrote a math problem on the board. "Does anyone have the solution?" she asked.

A girl dressed like a dolphin raised her flipper. Yes, Maria," Ms. Milton said. "The answer is 42," Maria said, her dolphin mouth flapping open and shut as she spoke.

"Correct," said Ms. Milton. She turned to write the answer on the board, but her long kangaroo tail knocked a stack of books off her desk and onto the floor. "I can see that it's just as hard being a kangaroo as it is being an alien!" she said, bending down to pick up the books as all the kids laughed.