06 Doctor Judy Moody

Doctor Judy Moody Finally! Judy thought the only thing finer in the world than getting Jaws had to be getting a big brown box in the mail with the name DOCTOR Judy Moody on it. She was in an operating mood. "Can I open it?" asked Stink, coming out of his closet fort. "What does it say right there?" asked Judy, pointing to the label. "Doctor Judy Moody," read Stink. "Exactly," said Judy Moody. "I collected all the box tops." "I got you some from the school nurse!" said Stink.

"Okay. You can go get the scissors." Stink handed over the scissors. Judy poked through the tape and broke open the brown flaps. Mouse pawed at the sticky tape. Stink's head kept getting in the way. "Stink! I'm in the middle of an operation!" Judy pulled aside the tissue paper and lifted out the doctor doll. At last! Judy held the doll in her lap and stroked her silky smooth hair. She made neat little bows in the ties of the doll's blue and white hospital gown. The doll was wearing a hospital bracelet.

"Her name is Hedda-Get-Betta," Judy read.

"Does she do anything?" asked Stink. "It says here if you turn the knob on top of her head, she gets sick. Then you turn the knob again, and she gets betta. Get it?" Judy turned the knob on the doll's head until a new face appeared. "She has measles!" said Stink. "She talks when you hug her too." Judy hugged the doll. "I have measles," said Hedda-Get-Betta. Judy turned the knob until another face appeared. Then she hugged the doll again. "I have chicken pox," said Hedda-Get-Betta. "Cool," said Stink. "A sick doll. With three heads." Judy turned the knob once more and hugged the doll. "All better," said Hedda. "Can I make her get sick, then better?"

asked Stink. "No," said Judy. "I'm the doctor." Judy opened her doctor kit. "At last I have someone to practice on," she said. "You practice on me all the time," said Stink. "Someone who doesn't complain." "You'd complain too if you had to hold up a lamp and get bandages all over you. Why can't I ever be Elizabeth Blackwell, First Woman Doctor?" "For one thing, you're a boy." "Can I put her arm in a sling?" asked Stink. "No," said Judy. She held the ear scope up

to Hedda's ear and turned on the light. "Can I mix up some of this blood from your doctor kit?" "Shh, I'm listening." She held the stethoscope on Hedda. Then she held it on Stink's chest. "Hmm." "What?" said Stink. "What do you hear?" "A heartbeat. This can mean only one thing." "What?" "You're alive!" "Can I listen for a heartbeat?" "Okay, okay. But first get me a glass of water to mix the blood in." "You get it," said Stink. "Don't touch anything until I get back," said Judy. "Don't even breathe." As soon as Judy rounded the corner, Stink