06 Huzzah!

Huzzah! Judy went to bed her same old un-free self. But the next morning, she decided Mom and Dad and the world would see a brand-new Judy Moody. A free and independent Judy. A more responsible Judy. Even on a school day. Judy started by getting out of bed (without an alarm clock) before her mom had to shake her awake. Next, she brushed her teeth without complaining. Mom had set out a new blue washcloth— a plain old boring blue washcloth, but it was just for her. Judy wrote Bonjour Bunny on it, and made the capital Bs into funny bunny ears.

Then Judy did something she had not done for three days. She brushed her hair (and put on her Bonjour Bunny headband from Tori). A responsible person did not have bird's-nest hair. Then Judy did something she had not done for three weeks. She made her bed. A grown-up, independent person did not have a bed that looked like a yard sale. On the bus, Judy told Rocky about the star-spangled bananas at the Giant Milk Bottle and the Sugar Packet Girl named Tori and about throwing tea off the Tea Party Ship. She could

not wait to tell her teacher and her whole class. "What are you going to tell your class about Boston?" she asked Stink. "The musical toilet," said Stink. "What else?" When Judy got to school, she told Mr. Todd and the whole class all about Boston. "We went on the Freedom Trail and it was so NOT boring, and it's okay I missed my spelling test because I learned stuff there, too, like about Mr. Ben Famous Franklin and Paul Revere and—" "Judy! Take a breath!" said Mr. Todd. "We're glad to have you back." Judy showed them her Paul Revere's Ride flip book and explained all about tea and taxes to the class. "My mom drinks tea, and she's not a traitor," said Rocky.

"I went to Boston once to visit my grandpa," said Jessica Finch. "Sounds like you had quite an educational trip, Judy," said Mr. Todd. "Thanks for sharing with us. Maybe I'll read your book aloud in our reading circle today. First, let's take out our math facts from yesterday." Judy multiplied 28 × 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 until she thought her eyes would pop. At last, Mr. Todd announced it was reading-circle time. "Today I'll be reading a poem Judy brought to share with us from her trip to Boston, called Paul Revere's Ride. This poem tells a story." "I saw his house and his real wallpaper and his false teeth and everything!" said Judy. "This was my favorite poem when I was a boy," Mr. Todd continued. "In school, we had to memorize it and recite it by heart. It's by a man

named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem tells about three men and their famous midnight ride during the American Revolution. One of those men was Paul Revere." Judy raised her hand. "And one was a doctor!" she told the class. "Shh!" said Jessica Finch. Mr. Todd lowered his voice to a whisper. Class 3T got super quiet. "'Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere....'" The poem told all about how Paul Revere rode on horseback through the night to warn each farm and town that the British were coming.

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