5. The Video Game Players Club

5 The Video Game Players Club I signed up for the Video Game Players Club because I thought it would be cool to play video games at school. When I showed up for the club the next day, there was a sign on the door that said the club would meet at the playground. I figured we would be playing video games outside. I didn't care where we did it, as long as I got

to play video games. When I got to the playground, Mrs. Marge was there. So were all my classmates and some other kids too. "Welcome to the Cloud Watching Club," she announced.* "Huh?" I said. "I thought this was the Video Game Players Club." "I thought it was the Frisbee Club," said Neil. "I thought it was the Guitar Club," said Alexia. "I thought it was the Bunny Rabbit Lovers Club," said Andrea. "Me too," said Emily. "Too many kids signed up for all those clubs," Mrs. Marge explained. "So I started the Cloud Watching Club to handle the overflow." "But I want to throw Frisbees," complained Neil. "Why would anybody want to throw a Frisbee when they could be watching

clouds?" asked Mrs. Marge. A bunch of blankets were spread out on the grass. Mrs. Marge told us all to lie on our backs and look up at the sky. We were all grumbling, but we did what she told us to do. "See the lovely clouds floating overhead?" Mrs. Marge said. "What do they look like to you?"

They looked like a bunch of clouds to

me. What a snoozefest. "Ooooh," oohed Andrea. "That cloud over there looks like a giant bunny rabbit floating in the sky!" "You're right, Andrea!" said Emily, who always thinks Andrea is right. "Nah," said Ryan. "I think it looks like a giraffe." "It looks nothing like a giraffe," insisted Andrea. "I think it looks like a big shoe," said Alexia. "I think it looks like a toilet bowl," said Neil. I looked up at the cloud Andrea was talking about. It didn't look like a bunny or a giraffe or a big shoe or a toilet bowl. It just looked like a cloud! That's it! "That cloud over there looks like a big guitar floating in the sky," Alexia said as she pointed at a cloud. I didn't see it. "And that cloud looks like a Frisbee," said Neil.

It did not. It didn't look anything like a Frisbee. None of the clouds looked like anything but clouds! It was ridorkulous. I couldn't take it anymore. "Look at that one," I shouted. "That cloud over there looks like the evil Ganon from The Legend of Zelda video game. He was sent to Earth to wipe out all the humans." "Stop trying to scare Emily," warned Andrea.