Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 "Oh hey, guys. How was your summer?" Michael and Justin turned to see their friend Sadie exiting the school. The three of them had been friends since kindergarten and were almost always together. Sadie was still a little hurt that she hadn't been invited to go with Michael and Justin on their summer adventure, so while she hadn't exactly been trying to avoid them all day, she hadn't been trying too hard to find them either.

"Aren't you going to ask us why we're hanging from the monkey bars by our underwear?" Michael asked.

"That's clearly Edgar's work." Sadie tilted her head to the side. "I've got to say, the kid's a wedgie artist." "Yeah, well, we'll see what kind of artist he is when he finds his backpack filled with earthworms," Michael said. "Huh?" Sadie frowned. "He's plotting revenge," Justin said. He turned to Michael. "What happened to the bees?" "I remembered that I'm afraid of bees." "Revenge is never a good idea," Sadie said. "Well, nice seeing you guys." "What?! Where are you going?" Michael yelled. "Aren't you going to help us?!" Sadie put her hands on her hips. "Oh, so I'm good enough to help you but not good enough to invite on your trip?" "I explained to you like a million times I could only invite one friend, and I needed to share a tent. I wish you could have gone too," Michael said. Hearing this made Sadie feel a little better. Michael squirmed. "Help us down, and we'll tell you all about it! Plus, I've got something super cool to show both of you guys." "All right." Sadie climbed to the top of the monkey bar dome and untied the two white elastic bows that held the boys in place. "UGH!"

"OOF!" Michael and Justin hit the wood chips in a cloud of splinters.