Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13 "So," Michael said, "I should be nice to Edgar since I wish Edgar would be nice to me?" "Exactly!" answered Pearl. "And since I wouldn't want Edgar to humiliate me, I shouldn't humiliate him?" "You've got it absolutely right!" replied Pearl. "I'm impressed!" "Hmm." Michael understood what Pearl was saying, but he didn't like the sound of it. This would ruin his chance for payback.

"Wait. I've heard those words before," Sadie said. She looked at the squirrels for a moment, then asked, "Exactly how long were you in that cave?" Of course, Merle and Pearl had no way of knowing the answer to that question, but before they could say so, the bell rang and lunch ended. As the kids were returning to class, Pearl managed to talk Michael into letting her and Merle stay in the lunchroom to "help clean up." Pearl could not believe the amount of food left over from all the kids' lunches, and her instincts told her to make sure to save it. Being a squirrel means never passing up a chance to grab whatever food you can to stash for later. "Make sure nobody sees you!" Michael warned. "We'll be stealthy!" Pearl promised. She and Merle then spent the next 30 minutes grabbing every extra chicken nugget, corn cob, French fry, and pizza slice they could get their paws on. The cafeteria workers were

pleased that the kids did such a good job finishing their food for once. Little did they know that two squirrels had stuffed nearly every leftover into a 50-gallon trash bag (which Merle swiped from a trash can) right over their heads. When they were finally alone, high on a light fixture above the clean cafeteria, Pearl said to Merle, "I'm so happy! But how are we going to get this bag down?"

"Easy!" Merle replied as he put a shoulder to the bag and pushed off with his back legs. "Gravity!" The bag of leftovers hit the shiny linoleum floor with a loud, wet thud. Merle jumped down next to it. "The hard part will be getting it home."

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