8 GUESS THE NAKED BABY

GUESS THE NAKED BABY

They figured that Mr. Columbi wouldn't mind if they borrowed his box. After all, he was fast asleep. Why would he need a box? They carried it over to Dino and Crummy Matt's house and set it against the wall where they thought the kitchen was. They wanted to see how much food Crummy Matt ate. "Think how big he is," Ivy said. "I bet he eats twenty pounds of food a day." "I bet their shelves are breaking," said Bean. "I bet they have two refrigerators." "Two refrigerators is news for sure," said Bean, climbing onto the box. Luckily, the kitchen window wasn't very far off the ground. Unluckily, the box fell over when she stood on it. "Ow, ow, OW!" Bean yelled, rolling around in the dirt. "Shh!" whispered Ivy. "They'll hear us!" She sat on top of Bean and covered her mouth with her hand.

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"MMMMMMM!" Bean yelled inside Ivy's hand. Suddenly Dino's head poked out the kitchen window. "Whatcha doing?" he asked. "Bean fell off the box," Ivy explained. "Look at my elbow!" yelled Bean. There was blood. Not much. But some. Dino looked at the box. "Were you looking in our window?" he asked. "Yes!" said Bean. She kicked the box. Ivy nudged her warningly, but it was too late. "Why were you looking in our window?" asked Dino. Bean and Ivy glanced at each other. Should they lie? No, and Bean couldn't think of one anyway. She sighed. "We're making a newspaper." "We thought your kitchen would make a great story," said Ivy. Dino looked at her slitty-eyed. "Why?" Ivy cleared her throat. How could she say

this politely? "Because of Matt." "What about him?" said Dino suspiciously. "Um. You know. How big he is." Ivy made a circle with her arms. "What?" Dino looked confused. "We were going to write a story about how much food he eats," said Bean. "We thought it might be interesting. That's why we wanted to look in your kitchen."

"It's not interesting," said Dino. "Matt's big because he's a mutant." "Bummer," Ivy said. "We thought he must eat a lot," said Bean. "Well, he doesn't. He's boring. He's a boring mutant doofus." Ivy and Bean looked at each other and shook their heads. "No story." They stood. "I guess we should try Sophie's house," said Bean. She was discouraged. "Wait!" called Dino. They looked up at him. He was smiling. "I've got a great story for you." "What?" "It's a picture, really. Does your newspaper have pictures?" Bean shrugged. "Sure. Pictures are good." Anything that filled up paper was good. Dino laughed. "I'll go upstairs and get it. It's on my mom's dresser."