2 Slime Mold Saturday

SLIME MOLD SATURDAY FREAKU! FAR-OUT! FEROCIOUS!

That night, Stink dreamed of oozy-goozy, blobbyglobby goo taking over the earth. When he woke up, he tried to erase it from his mind like chalk from an old blackboard. But even his oatmeal looked like the Attack of the Glob Monster. All the way to Saturday Science Club, Stink could not stop thinking of globby things. Blobs. Globs. Brains. Oozy-woozy slime. Jiggly-wiggly Jell-O. When he got to the Discovery Center, someone was waiting for him outside the front door. That someone was... Riley Rottenberger. Sometimes Riley Rottenberger acted rotten. Stink hoped today was not one of those times. Riley waved a braid at him and grinned, showing off a missing tooth. "Stink! Over here! Are you ready for Slime Mold Saturday?"

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"I guess," said Stink. "You don't sound very excited," said Riley. "What happened? We've been waiting for this since way back when we were doing Weather." Stink did not want to tell Riley that he was spooked by an old-timey blob movie. So he tried to smile and fake it. "Are you kidding? I'm in. C'mon. Let's get slimed!" "It's not just slime, Stink. It's slime mold." Riley was already an expert in all things slime mold. Her mom was head of Saturday Science Club. Riley liked to use big words. Stink hoped she was not going to act show-offy all day. "So what exactly is slime mold, anyway? Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" "No, no, and no. Slime mold is not really a plant, and it's not really an animal. It's different from the mold that grows on old bread. Slime mold is a one-celled organism. Kind of like an amoeba." "But it looks like dog vomit, right?" Stink grinned. "And smells like a corpse flower?" "It does look like dog vomit," said Riley, "but it can also look like brains. Or mucus."

"Sweet!" said Stink. "Anything that looks like mucus is A-okay with me. As long as it doesn't grow as big as the Glob and attack us." Mrs. Rottenberger asked everyone to take a seat. Riley slipped into the chair next to Stink. Riley's mom drew blobs all over the board. She used big words like amoeba and Protista. She put pictures of slime molds on the screen. Some looked like pink spiderwebs. Some looked like red-hot candies. Some looked like exploding pretzels. They all looked like dog puke. Stink raised his hand. "So a slime mold is a blob of goo, but it has no brains and no feet?" he asked Riley's mom. "And it can grow and grow and move around like crazy?"

Mrs. Rottenberger nodded and said, "That's right. If a slime mold is hungry, it can even join up with other slime molds. Then they move together like one big sausage." "A walking sausage. That's a good one," said Stink. "Has anybody seen the movie The Glob?" asked Mrs. Rottenberger. Stink could not believe his ears. He put his hand up.