5 Larry the Leprechaun

5 Larry the Leprechaun WHAT?! A LEPRECHAUN? I thought leprechauns weren't real. Everybody stopped looking for four-leaf clovers. We all started yelling and screaming and hooting and hollering and freaking out.

"Grab him!" Alexia shouted. "If we catch him, he'll give us his pot of gold!" We didn't bother lining up like Pringles. We just ran into the school. "Which way did he go?" shouted Neil. "This way!" Michael shouted. "Follow me!" We ran down the hallway past the gym, the band room, and the all-porpoise room. I don't know why they call it the all-porpoise room. There are no dolphins in there. But there were no leprechauns in there either. "He must be hiding somewhere!" shouted Emily. We ran past the front office, the nurse's office, and the art room, looking up and down all the hallways. No leprechaun. "He got away," said Alexia. "Maybe he's hiding in the teachers' lounge!" shouted Ryan. "Good thinking!" I shouted. "We're not allowed in there!" We ran down the hall to the teachers' lounge. It's a magical wonderland where the teachers get back rubs, lie around in hot tubs, and have servants feed them grapes all day.*

I opened the door. Mr. O'Cooper was sitting there at a table by himself. It looked like he was grading papers. I didn't see any hot tub or massage table. "Students aren't allowed in the teachers' lounge," Mr. O'Cooper told us. "You kids know that." "Did a leprechaun run in here?" I shouted. "No, why?" asked Mr. O'Cooper. "We were out in the playground," said Michael, "and we saw a leprechaun run in through the back door. Now we can't find him." "A leprechaun in the school?!" shouted Mr. O'Cooper. "He may be in our classroom!" He jumped up from his chair and ran out of the teachers' lounge. We all followed him. By the time we got to our classroom, I was panting. That means I was wearing pants. Mr. O'Cooper yanked open the door. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years

what we found in there. A mess! All our desks and chairs were upside down. Books and papers and colored pencils were scattered around. Our backpacks had been taken out of our cubbies and thrown on the floor. "What happened?" asked Emily. "Was there a robbery?"

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"No, this is what leprechauns do," said Mr. O'Cooper. "They play tricks on you." "Man, leprechauns are slobs," I said. Mr. O'Cooper looked angry. He likes a really neat classroom. I noticed something on the floor near the door. It was a tiny envelope. "Look!" I said as I ran over to pick it up. "It's a note!" I gave the envelope to Mr. O'Cooper, and he tore it open. We all crowded around him as he read it. This is what it said... Eeh eeh eeh !em hctac t'nac uoY nuahcerpeL eht yrraL— "What does that mean?" asked Emily. "Leprechauns are tricky," said Mr. O'Cooper. "He wrote it in code." "Maybe he reversed the letters!" shouted Neil. We read the note backward. This is what it said... Hee hee hee