Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Despite the morning's basketball bust, Peter's afternoon was looking up. It was time for the school science fair. This year it was being held at Empire State University, and the real scientists who worked there would be the judges. At stake was the coveted Big Apple Science Trophy. Peter knew the competition would be fierce. But he also knew how hard he had worked on his project. He was confident he had a shot at winning the top prize.

"I'd like to see Flash Thompson do something like this," Peter mumbled to himself, steaming all over again as he remembered how Flash had sunk shot after shot in PE. "What was that?" asked Aunt May. She had come all the way from Queens to see her nephew in scientific action. "I said, uh, thanks for coming to this," Peter replied. "I wouldn't miss it for anything," said Aunt May. "Although I must admit, I don't entirely understand what

your project is about," She pointed to the large tub of water that Peter was wheeling into the science fair room. Inside the tub were four long metal poles connected by wires. "I call it A New Kind of Current," Peter said. "I'm showing how we can create electricity by using water's natural movement. I got the idea after

we went to the beach and the waves kept pushing me back out of the water. There's a lot of power in those waves! So for my project I figured out how to take that power and turn it into electrical energy." Aunt May raised her eyebrows. "All I think about at the beach is who the bad guy is in the Agatha Twisty mystery I'm reading." She squeezed her nephew's arm. "Peter, I am very impressed." Peter blushed. For a moment all thoughts of Flash Thompson and basketball were forgotten. Until...

"Excuse me. Coming through!" said Flash. His shirt was untucked and his hair was a mess. The normally cucumber-cool athlete was anything but as he stumbled into the fair room carrying a glass case and some index cards.

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