06 Nanu Nanu

Nanu Nanu Before Judy's friends got to her house, she shoved piles and piles of her lacy finger-knitting chain into her closet and shut the door. This way her room would look neat and clean à la Jessica Clean-Room Finch. Now the only thing out of place was the tangled mangle of yarn made by Mouse. But thanks to her friends, that mess would be solved in no time. When everybody got to her house, they tried to guess what wild and crazy idea Judy had come up with this time. "I bet we're going to make the Eiffel Tower out of icing," said Amy.

"I bet we're going to build a pyramid out of Jell-O," said Frank. "I bet we're going to prank Stink with Judy's periscope," said Rocky. "Nothing like that," said Judy. "We're just glad you had one of your crazy ideas," said Rocky. "It means you're back." "Back from where?" "Never mind," said Rocky. "Just tell us what the thing is." Judy led them up the stairs. Her mood pillow was propped against the door, smiley face out. She flung open the door to her room. "Ta da!" she called. Rocky froze. Frank gaped. Jessica blinked. Amy took off her glasses and put them back on, like she wasn't seeing right. Judy's room was

neat as a pin. But right-smack-dab in the middle of the floor was a giant puddle of yarn. A muddle of yarn. One big humongous mess of tangled-up yarn! "Welcome to Yarn-a-Palooza!" Judy said eagerly. "Yarn-a-pa-whatta?" asked Jessica. "We're going to have a yarn party! Our mission, should we choose to accept the dare— which we will— is to untangle this Yarn Yeti." "This is your big idea?" Frank asked. "You're from another planet if you think this is fun," said Rocky. "Zzzzzzz," said Amy, pretending to snore. "I'll help!" yelped Jessica Finch, picking up a thread of pink yarn. "C'mon, you guys. It'll be fun, I promise,"

Judy told them. "About as much fun as... watching socks dry," said Frank. "Then you guys think of an idea," said Judy. "In the meantime, Frank, hold out your arms." "Why me?" Frank asked as he held out his arms. Judy pulled at the big mess until she found an end. She started to wind the yarn around Frank's hands. She wrapped and wrapped the yarn in a circle. Green yarn turned into blue yarn, which turned into red yarn. "Can I put my hands down yet?" asked Frank. "My arms are killing me." "Not yet," said Judy. "Hey, did you guys know a ball of yarn is called a clew?" "So you're clew-less?" asked Rocky. "Get a clew," said Judy. She cracked herself

up.

"Hey, I know. Let's play CLUE!" said Amy. "Or... I know a level-three spelling game we could play," said Jessica. Rocky flared his nose. "Count me out," he said. "Let's be detectives again." "We could solve a real-life mystery," said Frank. "You know, like we did when that puppy, Mr. Chips, went missing!" "Great!" said Judy. Her friends smiled and nodded, eager to hear what the mystery was going to be. "I have an idea..." "Quiet, everybody," hissed Rocky. "Judy's getting one of her brainstorms." Judy held a bright-idea finger in the air. "Let's solve the mystery of how to untangle this big blob of yarn." "Aw," said Rocky. "I thought it was gonna be