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person!”
    â€œIt was almost like a ride at an amusement park,” said Neil.
    â€œDo you think we really traveled through time?” asked Ryan.
    â€œI don’t know,” said Michael. “That lady seemed pretty real.”
    â€œCan we do it again?” asked Andrea.
    â€œSure,” said Dr. Nicholas as she went over to the control panel. “This time you’re going to go back to the year 1920.”
    Dr. Nicholas fiddled with the knobs. The lights went out, the time boat started shaking, and the next thing we knew, there was a guy standing next to us. He looked a lot like Mr. Docker, and he was holding a bowl of peanuts.
    â€œWho are you?” we asked.
    â€œMy name is George Washington Carver,” he replied. “I’m an inventor.”
    â€œYou look a lot like Mr. Docker,” I told him. “With a wig.”
    â€œNever heard of him,” the guy said. “I was born a slave, but I grew up to become one of the most famous scientists in the world. I took peanuts and made them into peanut butter, paper, ink, oils, and over three hundred other products.”
    â€œWOW,” we all said, which is “MOM” upside down.

    George Washington Carver told us all about peanuts and even let us eat some. That guy was nutty for peanuts! Then the lights started flashing again, the time boat started shaking, and we were back in the science room.

    After that we got to go back in time to meet Susan B. Anthony (who looked a lot like Miss Small, our gym teacher), Thomas Edison (who looked a lot like Mr. Macky, our reading specialist), and Grandma Moses (who looked a lot like Dr. Nicholas). It was the greatest day of my life. You should have been there!

    â€œThat was cool!” we all said when the lights went back on.
    â€œI’m glad you enjoyed the time boat,” Dr. Nicholas told us. “But you’ll have to get out now and let the other classes take their turns.”
    We were about to climb out of the time boat when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened.
    Somebody screamed!
    Well, that’s not the weird part, because people scream all the time. The weird part was what happened next.
    â€œEeeeeeeeeeeeeek!”
    It was Andrea.
    â€œWhat’s the matter?” we all asked.
    â€œEmily’s not here!” shouted Andrea. “She was sitting right next to me in the time boat!”
    â€œWhere’s Emily?”
    â€œWhere’s Emily?”
    â€œWhere’s Emily?”
    In case you were wondering, everybody was shouting, “Where’s Emily?”
    Emily was gone!

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An Emergency
    â€œEmily!”
    â€œEmily!”
    â€œEmily!”
    â€œI’m sure she’s around here somewhere,” said Dr. Nicholas.
    We looked under all the desks in the science room for Emily, but we couldn’t find her anywhere.
    â€œMaybe she got scared by all the lights and noise,” I said. “She probably ran away. She does that all the time.”
    â€œWith all that shaking,” Ryan said, “she might have fallen out of the time boat.”
    â€œThey should really put seat belts on time boats,” I suggested.
    â€œIf Emily fell out of the time boat,” said Alexia, “she could be in another time!”
    â€œI think we may have left her back in 1776 with Betsy Ross!” shouted Andrea. “That was the last time I saw her. She’ll be stuck in 1776 forever !”
    Andrea started crying. The grown-ups tried to calm her down, but it was no use. Andrea was freaking out.
    â€œThere, there,” said Dr. Nicholas as she patted Andrea on the back.

    People always say, “There, there,” and pat you on the back when they want you to calm down. They don’t say, “There.” It has to be “There, there.” What’s up with that? Why should I feel better just because somebody said the word “there” twice and patted me on the back?
    â€œEmily is my