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admitted that they wrecked the school, and there
isn't a single teacher within hearing range. That really burns me up."
    "Take it easy," said Christie. "Do you
actually think they would have said that if a teacher had been near enough to
hear? They may be mean, but they're not stupid."
    "Well, I'll tell you one thing," Beth said
defiantly. "I don't think the rest of the kids at Wacko should take the
rap for them. They aren't worth it."
    "I agree," said Katie. "You were right when
you said that we should find a way to raise the money to pay for the damage
ourselves. I'll help you come up with an idea."
    "Me, too," said Jana and Christie and Melanie in
unison.
    "Great!" shouted Beth, triumphantly raising a fist
into the air. "With The Fabulous Five working on it, it should be a cinch!"

CHAPTER 7
    "This special meeting of The Fabulous Five will now
come to order," Jana said in an official-sounding voice. The girls had
skipped going to Bumpers after school and were gathered in Jana's bedroom.
    Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Beth squirmed nervously
and picked at a piece of lint in the carpet as she thought about the big job
they had ahead of them. She had tried all afternoon to think of something Wacko
students could do to raise the money, but she hadn't come up with a single good
idea.
    "Beth, since this whole thing was your idea, I think
you should take the floor," said Jana.
    Beth smiled weakly and ran her fingers through her short,
dark hair. "We've already eliminated a bake sale, a car wash, and a dog
wash," she began. "Does anybody have any other suggestions?"
    "Maybe we could just ask kids for donations the way we
did when we saved all those dogs and cats from being put to sleep at the animal
shelter," offered Melanie.
    Katie shook her head. "Forget it. Don't you remember
how long it took us to raise that money? And we only needed three hundred and
fifty dollars. We're talking about five thousand this time."
    Beth sighed and stretched out on her side, propping up her
head with her hand. "What we need is something to sell," she said.
    "Hey, I know," said Christie, sitting up to
attention on the bed so fast that it bounced. "We could have a garage
sale! My mom had one last summer and made a lot of money."
    "A garage sale?" Katie said. She was making
a face and shaking her head again. "You've got to be kidding. How could we
raise five thousand dollars at a garage sale?"
    "That might not be a bad idea," Beth said slowly. "If
every student in Wacko contributed stuff to sell, we could make a lot of money."
    "I love garage sales," cried Melanie. "I'm
sure a lot of kids would be interested in helping with one."
    "Right," said Jana. "That's a terrific idea."
    "Hey, guys," Katie interjected solemnly. "You're
forgetting something. Who has a garage that big?"
    "Eeeek!" said Beth. "That could be a minor problem."
    "Minor?" gasped Katie. "Correct me if I'm
wrong, but not having a place to hold the sale is more than minor."
    "We'll find a place," Beth assured her. "Leave
that part to me. First, we've got to get everybody at school excited enough to
get involved."
    "We'll just have to talk it up," said Melanie. "We
can start on the school ground before class the morning and then talk to kids
all day long in our classes and the cafeteria. We can ask all of them to talk
to other kids, and by dismissal time tomorrow we should have everybody in Wacko
ready to donate."
    "Then we'll have to set a date," said Christie,
scribbling in her notebook.
    "And somebody will have to take the donations,"
said Katie. "And we'll need a committee to price everything and another
committee to set everything up the day of the sale."
    "And don't forget that we'll need volunteers to work at
the sale," added Jana. "Wow!" she added. "This is going to
be a lot of work."
    "But it will definitely be worth it," Beth
reminded them. "In fact, I think we should invite Marge Whitworth to bring
a camera crew from the television station to the sale and do a story on