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iron. Marta explained how her mother made the tortilla mix and put it in the pan. Then Marta took a tortilla out of alittle brown bag and showed it to the class.
    “You can wrap it around all kinds of food,” Marta told them.
    Bobby wished Marta could have done an eat-and-tell. A tortilla would taste good about now.
    Candy was up next. To Bobby’s surprise, for once she didn’t have much to say.
    She went to the front of the class and held up a stuffed sock monkey. “My mom said I should bring this,” Candy began. “She said it shows how you can recycle things like old socks. She made this for me when I was little.”
    Candy made a face at the monkey. “I never really liked it. It kind of scared me.”
    And with that, she sat down.
    Mrs. Lee looked around the class. “Bobby, how about you?”
    Bobby felt a few butterflies in his stomach. But he was eager to show the class Lucy’s pirate costume.
    “I’m going to be a pirate for Halloween and so is my dog, Lucy,” Bobby said in a voice he hoped was loud enough for the class to hear.
    Before he could say one more word, a loud ringing broke into the room.
    This wasn’t the regular bell. This was the fire-alarm bell. Once before when Bobby had to speak in class, the fire alarm had rung. Then he had been happy. Now he wasn’t. He had wanted to show Room 102 Lucy’s costume.
    Mrs. Lee stood up. “Class, this is a fire drill. Move quickly and quietly. Then line up.”
    Bobby shoved Lucy’s picture and thecostume in the bag. He grabbed his jacket and tossed the bag into his cubby. Mrs. Lee’s class was out the door in no time flat.
    He heard the librarian whisper to Mrs. Lee, “It’s such a strange time for a fire drill. We never have one this late in the afternoon.”
    That made Bobby wonder.
Could this be a real fire?
He looked around, but he didn’t see any flames. He sniffed. No smoke. At least none that he could smell.
    As soon as he was outside, he did hear something. The wail of the fire engine.
Uh-oh!
    Room 102 went to their assigned spot outside the school.
    “Line up, children,” Mrs. Lee said. “I’m going to do a head count.”
    All the heads were watching the fireengine that had just pulled up to the curb. Several firefighters in full gear piled out and rushed into the school.

    Candy was right behind Bobby. “This is kind of scary,” she said. “I don’t want to seeany flames shooting out the window. I don’t want my stuff to get burned. Even that stupid sock monkey.”
    “I still don’t see anything that looks like fire,” Bobby whispered to her.
    What he did see was the principal, Ms. Alma V. Ross, standing on the steps of the school. She paced back and forth for a few moments. Then a fireman came out of the building. He talked to Ms. Ross, who nodded.
    “Children,” Ms. Ross said in her loudest voice, “this was a false alarm.”
    “Oh, good,” Candy said with a sigh.
    “The firefighters are double-checking to make sure everything is safe. When they are done, you can return to your classrooms.”
    It took a while longer, but finally, a fireman came out and gave everyone the thumbs-up sign.
    Ms. Ross said, “Thank you. Students, let’s all give our fire department a round of applause, shall we?”
    After the applause, the kids headed back to their rooms. The getting back was notnearly as orderly as the going out had been.
    Finally the third-graders were in their seats again.
    Mrs. Lee looked at the clock. “Oh dear. The dismissal bell is going to ring soon. Let’s spend the last few minutes clearing our spaces.”
    Bobby put his books in his desk. Then he looked around for the bag with Lucy’s costume and his photo.
    What had he done with it? He tried to remember.
    The bell rang. Bobby made his way to his cubby. He had tossed the bag in there, hadn’t he? But when he looked inside, all he saw were a couple of books, a pair of gym shoes, and an old lunch sack.
    Lucy’s costume was gone.

B obby worried all the way home