10. The Last Peep

10 The Last Peep "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" we all screamed. Not only did the Easter Bunny have his bunny head on the floor next to him, but the guy inside the Easter Bunny suit was somebody we all knew! "You're not the Easter Bunny!" Michael shouted. "You're Boomer Wiggins!" Michael was right! Boomer Wiggins is a famous football player. He came to visit our class last year when our teacher was Miss Daisy. He is cool! "Yeah, so what?" grunted Boomer Wiggins, letting out a burp. "What are you doing dressed up like the Easter Bunny?" I asked. "I retired from football last year,"

Boomer told us. "But I couldn't find a job anywhere. Nobody wanted to hire me. I applied to be Santa Claus, but they said I wasn't fat enough. I applied to be the tooth fairy, but they said I wasn't skinny enough. So I took this job." Boomer looked sad. He had a big chocolate bunny in his bunny hand. He bit one of the ears off. There were lots of candy boxes scattered on the floor around the chair Boomer Wiggins was sitting in.

So that's why we didn't get any candy!Boomer had it all. "You'll get another job, Boomer," Andrea told him. "My mom always says that if you put your mind to it, you can do anything." Boomer didn't look convinced. "When I played football, kids used to ask me for autographs," he muttered as he bit

off the bunny's other ear. "They used to send me fan letters. Not anymore. Nobody loves me." "We love you, Boomer!" said Andrea. "Yeah, we love you," said Emily. I wasn't about to use the L word, but I went over and gave Boomer a hug. So did Alexia. We told Boomer that he shouldn't be ashamed to dress up as the Easter Bunny, because the Easter Bunny brings lots of joy to girls and boys. But that didn't seem to cheer him up any. "Leave me alone," Boomer said. "Just let me sit here and stuff my face with junk food." That's when the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. Boomer reached into the pocket of his bunny

costume, and you know what he pulled out? A Peep! "So that's where all the Peeps went!" I shouted. "Boomer, you ate all the Peeps?" asked Alexia. "I did not," Boomer replied. "I still have one left." With that, he popped the Peep into his mouth. "Nooooooooooooo!" we all shouted. Boomer Wiggins ate the last Peep.