Miss Suki Is Kooky! Read Free Page B

mystery box, when Mr. Klutz finally caught up with her.
    â€œMaybe this just isn’t my day,” Miss Suki said, shaking her head.
    â€œOh, don’t worry,” Mr. Klutz told her. “The fire drill wasn’t supposed to happentoday. Nothing else could possibly go wrong.”
    The bell rang again, which meant the fire drill was over. We went back inside to the all-purpose room, and Mrs. Roopy introduced Miss Suki all over again.
    â€œWell, that was exciting,” said Miss Suki. “Thanks for inviting me to your school. I love books and reading. Don’t you?”
    â€œYes!” said all the girls.
    â€œNo!” said all the boys.
    â€œBooks can take you to different worlds,” said Miss Suki.
    â€œSo can spaceships,” somebody yelled.
    â€œWhat’s in that box, Miss Suki?” somebody else yelled. Mrs. Roopy jumped upand grabbed the microphone.

    â€œPlease don’t call out any questions yet,” Mrs. Roopy said. “Miss Suki will answer your questions at the end of hertalk.” She handed the microphone back to Miss Suki.
    â€œWhen I was a little girl growing up in Japan,” Miss Suki said, “my mother took me to the library every week. And by the time I was ten years old, I had read every book in that library. That’s when I knew I was going to grow up and become a children’s book author.”
    â€œWow,” we all said, even though it wasn’t that interesting.
    â€œEver since I was little, I loved animals,” Miss Suki told us. “That’s why I write about them and draw pictures of them.”
    Miss Suki drew a picture of a bird on the easel. Well, she didn’t really draw apicture of a bird on an easel . She drew a picture of a bird on a tree, and the picture was on the easel. Anyway, she drew really fast. Miss Suki is a good drawer. ***
    â€œThis is Rappy,” she said as she finished the picture. “He is a raptor, and the main character of my book The Fearless Falcon .”
    Then Mrs. Roopy dimmed the lights, and Miss Suki turned on this machine that shows pictures on a big screen. We saw pictures of Miss Suki in the rainforest with all kinds of animals like monkeys and weird birds and stuff. It was cool.
    â€œMay I read you a chapter from TheFearless Falcon ?” asked Miss Suki.
    â€œYes!” we all shouted.
    Miss Suki read us the part where Rappy sees his reflection in a window and thinks it’s another raptor, so he attacks himself and crashes into the glass. He nearly dies. It was really sad and exciting when Miss Suki read it.
    And then something really weird happened. Miss Suki started to cry. She had to stop reading. Mrs. Roopy gave her a tissue.
    â€œWhat’s the matter, Miss Suki?” asked Emily.
    â€œRemember the letter I wrote you?” Miss Suki asked, wiping her eyes. “I said Iwould have a big surprise to show you. Well, here it is.”
    She went over to her mystery box and lifted up the latch. Then she opened the door of the box. Do you know what was inside?
    I’m not going to tell you.
    Okay, okay, I’ll tell you. But you’ll have to read the next chapter. So nah-nah-nah boo-boo on you.

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Rappy the Raptor Is Cool
    Miss Suki opened the mystery box and took out a big bird. It let out a loud SQUAWK!
    â€œThis,” she announced, “is Rappy. He’s my inspiration for The Fearless Falcon .”
    â€œWow!” we all said. Now that really was interesting.
    â€œI found him on the ground outside a building that was covered with windows,” Miss Suki told us as the bird perched on her finger. “Rappy must have seen his reflection and rammed into the glass, trying to attack it. His parents were nowhere to be found, so I brought him home with me. Poor Rappy nearly died. That’s what gave me the idea for my book.” Miss Suki started crying again.
    I turned around. Some of the kids looked like they were gonna cry too. Sheesh, get a