03 Two Heads Are Better Than One

Two Heads Are Better Than One Judy was teaching Mouse to walk on two legs when the phone rang. "Hello?" All she heard was air. "Hello?" Judy asked the air. "Hello, Judy? Are you allowed to come to my party?" a voice asked. A Frank Pearl voice. It had only been two days since he gave her the invitation.

"Wrong number," said Judy, hanging up.

She dangled her new pizza table from a string in front of Mouse's nose. The phone rang again. "Hello? Is this the Moodys'?" "Not now, Frank. I'm in the middle of an important experiment." "Okay. Bye." The phone rang a third time. "The experiment's not over yet," Judy yelled into the phone. "What experiment?" asked Rocky. "Never mind," said Judy. "Let's go to Vic's," said Rocky. "I want to get something for my Me collage." Vic's was the Mini Mart down the hill where they had cool prizes in the jawbreaker machine, like tattoos that wash off and magic tricks. "Let me ask," said Judy.

"Mom, can I go to Vic's with Rocky?" "Sure," said Mom. "Sure!" said Judy, tossing Mouse the pizza table. "I'm going too," said Stink. "No, you're not," Judy told him. "You and Rocky can take him along," said Mom, giving her one of those looks. "But he doesn't know about crossing through China and Japan on the way," Judy said. Only best friends knew that the first speed bump on the way was crossing into China, the second, Japan. "I'm sure you could teach him," Mom said.

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"Teach me," said Stink. "Meet me at the manhole," Judy said back into the phone. The manhole was exactly halfway between Judy's front door and Rocky's. Over the summer they had measured it with a very long ball of string. She ran out the door. Stink ran out the door after her. Rocky had a dollar. Judy had a dollar. Stink had six pennies. "If we put our money together, we can buy eight jawbreakers," said Rocky. "Two heads are better than one," Judy laughed. "Get it?" She unscrunched the dollar bill from her pocket and pointed to George Washington's head. "I've got six heads," said Stink, showing his pennies.