2 T. Rex vs. the Shark

T. Rex VS. the Shark

The next day, Stink went looking for a sport. Webster liked bike-riding and basketball. Sophie of the Elves liked ballet, gymnastics, and African dance. Skunk liked skateboarding. But Stink's bike had a flat tire. He had two left feet. And the only skateboard he owned was the one without wheels hanging on his wall. Then Stink checked out the sports channels. He watched slow-pitch softball (BOR-ing), golf (WAY-boring), badminton (Stink was no-way, NOT going to hit a bird), and stuff where guys called each other goofy names like Steve-a-rino and Pa Jammy.

Stink watched ditch-snorkeling (too muddy!), tuna-throwing (Mom did NOT like him to throw stuff), Tootsie-Roll spitting (Mom did NOT like him to spit stuff, either), cheese-chasing (huh?), and wife-carrying (Hel-lo! Stink did NOT have a wife!). Stink was just about to give up when he heard the words "most fun classic sport ever." Then he heard, "Play it at home! In the car! At school! Free! No equipment necessary!" Stink was glued to the screen. "Hey, sports fans! Have we got the sport for you! It's fab. It's free. It's fun-tastic! Strength. Stamina. Strategy.

Two thumbs up for the sport that's sweeping the nation— thumb-wrestling!" Thumb-wrestling was uber-cool. Thumb- wrestling was F-U-N! Thumb- wrestling was thumb-tastic!

Stink watched three thumb-wrestling matches in a row. He learned the rules. Easy peasy! He practiced on himself. Best of all, he learned tricky

moves with funny names like Snake in the Grass and Santa's Little Helper. All he needed now was someone to thumbwrestle.... Webster! "One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war!" Stink wrinkled his forehead. Stink stuck out his tongue. Stink made funny faces. Stink and Webster's thumbs were locked in a bitter battle. Webster tried to pin Stink's thumb down one, two, three times, but Stink escaped in the nick of time. Webster waited. Webster barely blinked. Webster looked sneaky. "Gotcha!" Webster chortled with glee, smashing his thumb down over Stink's and trapping it for three seconds.