me and the guys met up at Michael’s house. Our moms gave us pillowcases to hold the food we collected. Then we went door-to-door around the neighborhood asking for food.
“We’re collecting food for hungry people,” we said at the first house we visited.
The lady gave us a can of tomato sauce.
“We’re collecting food for hungry people,” we said at the next house.
A man gave us a can of beans.
We went to a bunch of houses, and everybody was happy to give us some food. The pillowcases were starting to get heavy.
When we came to the next house, you’ll never believe in a million hundred years who answered the door.
Nobody. You can’t answer doors, because doors don’t talk. But you’ll never believe who opened the door.
It was Mr. Klutz!
“Ah!” he said. “I see you boys are collecting food for the food drive. Good work! Here’s a can of soup.”
“Thanks, Mr. Klutz!” we said.
“Remember, if you kids collect 3,000 pounds of food, I’ll jump out of a plane in an ape suit and land on the roof of the school.”
“How will you be able to see the roof of the school from the sky?” Michael asked.
“There’s a big red circle on the roof,” Mr. Klutz told us. “I should be able to land right on it unless there’s a lot of wind that day.”
Before we left, Mr. Klutz gave all of us cookies. We ate them as we walked down the street.
“Y’know,” Ryan said as we ate our cookies, “this is almost like Halloween! We just knocked on Mr. Klutz’s door, and he gave us treats.”
That’s when I came up with the greatest idea in the history of the world. When Ryan knocked on the next door and a lady opened it, I held out my pillowcase and yelled, “Trick or treat!”
“Isn’t Halloween in October?” the lady asked. “That was months ago.”
I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t know what to do. I had to think fast.
“You know how really good movies have sequels?” I said. “Well, they decided that really good holidays should have sequels, too. Today is the sequel to Halloween.”
“The sequel to Halloween?” the lady said. “Hmmm, I never heard of that.”
“Oh, it was in all the newspapers,” I told her.
“But you boys aren’t even wearing costumes,” she said.
“Oh, costumes aren’t allowed on the sequel to Halloween,” I told her. “Everybody knows that.”
“Well . . . okay,” the lady said. “Let me see if I have any candy.”
She came back a minute later with four Hershey bars.
“Thanks!” we all said. “Happy Halloween!”
What a scam!
As we walked down the street eating our Hershey bars, the guys all told me I was a genius for coming up with the sequel to Halloween.
We stopped off at a few more houses, yelled “Trick or treat!” at each one, and told the people all about the sequel to Halloween. I got a Crunch bar, some M&M’S, and a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. By the time I got home, I was sick to my stomach. I thought I was gonna throw up.
It was the greatest day of my life.
Food drives are cool.
Chapter 6
The Land of No Toilets
When I got to school on Monday morning, everybody was putting cans of food into big cardboard boxes by the front office. The kids at our school collected a lot of food.
And you’ll never believe in a million hundred years what happened at school that day.
Nothing.
No, really! I mean it. I’m not just saying that. Nothing happened. It was the most boring day in the history of the world.
But at the end of the day, I went to the ASKK room with the guys. A few minutes later Mr. Tony showed up. He wasn’t jumping on a pogo stick and juggling this time. He was jogging with a spoon in his mouth, and there was an egg on the spoon.
“Mr. Tony reporting for duty!” he said after he took the spoon out of his mouth. We all giggled because he said “duty” again.
“Mr. Tony, why were you holding a spoon in your mouth with an egg on it?” Andrea asked.
“I’m trying to get into The Guinness Book of World
“We’re collecting food for hungry people,” we said at the first house we visited.
The lady gave us a can of tomato sauce.
“We’re collecting food for hungry people,” we said at the next house.
A man gave us a can of beans.
We went to a bunch of houses, and everybody was happy to give us some food. The pillowcases were starting to get heavy.
When we came to the next house, you’ll never believe in a million hundred years who answered the door.
Nobody. You can’t answer doors, because doors don’t talk. But you’ll never believe who opened the door.
It was Mr. Klutz!
“Ah!” he said. “I see you boys are collecting food for the food drive. Good work! Here’s a can of soup.”
“Thanks, Mr. Klutz!” we said.
“Remember, if you kids collect 3,000 pounds of food, I’ll jump out of a plane in an ape suit and land on the roof of the school.”
“How will you be able to see the roof of the school from the sky?” Michael asked.
“There’s a big red circle on the roof,” Mr. Klutz told us. “I should be able to land right on it unless there’s a lot of wind that day.”
Before we left, Mr. Klutz gave all of us cookies. We ate them as we walked down the street.
“Y’know,” Ryan said as we ate our cookies, “this is almost like Halloween! We just knocked on Mr. Klutz’s door, and he gave us treats.”
That’s when I came up with the greatest idea in the history of the world. When Ryan knocked on the next door and a lady opened it, I held out my pillowcase and yelled, “Trick or treat!”
“Isn’t Halloween in October?” the lady asked. “That was months ago.”
I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t know what to do. I had to think fast.
“You know how really good movies have sequels?” I said. “Well, they decided that really good holidays should have sequels, too. Today is the sequel to Halloween.”
“The sequel to Halloween?” the lady said. “Hmmm, I never heard of that.”
“Oh, it was in all the newspapers,” I told her.
“But you boys aren’t even wearing costumes,” she said.
“Oh, costumes aren’t allowed on the sequel to Halloween,” I told her. “Everybody knows that.”
“Well . . . okay,” the lady said. “Let me see if I have any candy.”
She came back a minute later with four Hershey bars.
“Thanks!” we all said. “Happy Halloween!”
What a scam!
As we walked down the street eating our Hershey bars, the guys all told me I was a genius for coming up with the sequel to Halloween.
We stopped off at a few more houses, yelled “Trick or treat!” at each one, and told the people all about the sequel to Halloween. I got a Crunch bar, some M&M’S, and a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. By the time I got home, I was sick to my stomach. I thought I was gonna throw up.
It was the greatest day of my life.
Food drives are cool.
Chapter 6
The Land of No Toilets
When I got to school on Monday morning, everybody was putting cans of food into big cardboard boxes by the front office. The kids at our school collected a lot of food.
And you’ll never believe in a million hundred years what happened at school that day.
Nothing.
No, really! I mean it. I’m not just saying that. Nothing happened. It was the most boring day in the history of the world.
But at the end of the day, I went to the ASKK room with the guys. A few minutes later Mr. Tony showed up. He wasn’t jumping on a pogo stick and juggling this time. He was jogging with a spoon in his mouth, and there was an egg on the spoon.
“Mr. Tony reporting for duty!” he said after he took the spoon out of his mouth. We all giggled because he said “duty” again.
“Mr. Tony, why were you holding a spoon in your mouth with an egg on it?” Andrea asked.
“I’m trying to get into The Guinness Book of World
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