Something Special

Monkey me and the new neighbor

Chapter 1 Something Special I looked in my desk drawers. And under my bed. And on my shelves. " You should have looked for and found something yesterday, Clyde, " Claudia, my twin sister, said. “ Like I did. " I raced downstairs and into the kitchen.

" Sit and eat, Clyde! " Mom said. " I can't. I need to find something special for today's show-and-tell. " I grabbed a banana off the table and took a bite. " Three weeks ago I brought my dinosaur model, " I said. " And two weeks ago I brought my toy Golden Monkey. " " And last week, " Claudia said, " you brought a banana. " She chuckled. " Don't remind me! " I said. But my sister was right. Like usual. I had forgotten to bring something to last week's show-and-tell. All I could find to show was the banana from my lunch bag.

I like bananas. But everyone in my class laughed. And laughed. HA! HA! HA! It had made me want to run and hide. That's why I needed to bring something super special this time.

I looked around the kitchen and saw some pink plastic flowers. A cup with a clown face on it. One cookie left in the cookie jar. I reached toward it. " Why don't you bring your pet monkey to show-and-tell, Clyde?" Mom said. I stopped reaching. Mom smiled. " A monkey is special. " " Yes. But. . . " Ilooked at Claudia. She didn't know what to say, either. It started two weeks ago. My class was on a field trip to the science museum.

I WAS HUNGRY AND ATE A BANANA THAT WAS PART OF DR. WALLY'S SCIENCE MUSEUM EXPERIMENT. LATER, WHEN I GOT SUPER EXCITED. . . I CHANGED INTO A MONKEY?! BUT LAST WEEK, MOM SAW THE MONKEY ME. 50 CLAUDIA TOLD HER. . . HE IS CLYDE'S AND MY PET MONKEY.