âEmpty.â
âWhat happened to all the money?â somebody hollered.
âI donât have a clue!â shouted Ms. Sue.
âOkay, whereâs the money, Klutz?â asked the first policeman as he searched Mr. Klutzâs pockets. âWhere did you hide it?â
âB-but . . . but . . . ,â stammered Mr. Klutz.
Me and the gang started giggling because Mr. Klutz kept saying âbut,â which sounds just like âbuttâ even though it only has one t .
âYou have the right to remain silent,â said the second policeman. âAnything you say will be used against you and blah blah blah blah.â
âHow could you do it, Mr. Klutz?â one of the parents shouted. âWe trusted you!â
âSay it ainât so, Mr. Klutz!â shouted one of the kids.
âYou should be ashamed of yourself,â shouted Ms. Sue. âStealing money from children. Youâre a disgrace!â
âBut I didnât do it!â Mr. Klutz protested as the cops pushed him into the backseat of the police car. âHow could I have stolen the money? I was duct taped to the wall! The kids were throwing Nerf balls at me!â
âTell it to the judge, Klutz,â the first policeman said as he slammed the door shut.
âWeâre sending him away to the big house for a long time,â said the second policeman as he got into the front seat.
The police car drove away.
âIt must be nice to live in a big house,â I said after they left.
âThe big house means jail , dumbhead!â said Andrea, rolling her eyes.
I was going to tell Andrea that her face should be put in jail. But I didnât get the chance, because thatâs when the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened.
Somebody bumped into me. It was Mayor Hubble. He was walking really fast toward his limousine. After he bumped me, I turned around and looked at him.
There were dollar bills sticking out of his pockets!
I didnât know what to say. I didnât know what to do. I had to think fast.
âItâs Mayor Hubble!â I shouted. âHe stole the money!â
âGet him!â somebody yelled.
Mayor Hubble started to run. He knocked over the giant thermometer. When it fell, it landed on the jar of gum balls and cracked it open!
A million hundred gum balls went rolling all over!
People were tripping over the gum balls.
Ms. Sue landed in a box full of goldfish!
Something poked a hole in the Moon Bounce, and it started deflating!
Dr. Moo got loose and rammed into the dunk tank! Water was pouring all over the place!
Everybody was freaking out!
âRun for your lives!â shouted Neil the nude kid.
âThe ponies have escaped!â somebody shouted.
âI stepped on a toad!â yelled somebody else.
âEveryone remain calm!â hollered Ms. Sue.
While all this was happening, Mayor Hubble jumped into his limo.
âFloor it!â he yelled to his driver as he slammed the door shut behind him. The limo tore out of there with the tires squealing.
âStop him!â
âSo long, suckers!â Mayor Hubble shouted out the window.
Well, thatâs pretty much what happened at the school carnival. I might have added a few things just so you wouldnât get bored. It looks like weâre not going to get new playground equipment after all. Maybe next year one of the other parents will be in charge of fund-raising. Maybe the police will let Mr. Klutz go and catch Mayor Hubble before he escapes with all the money. Maybe Iâll sell my sisterâs American Girl doll collection. Maybe people will stop talking about boats all the time. Maybe the next book will be Miss Mitsy Is Ditsy! Maybe my dad will stop trimming his ear hair and kissing toads. Maybe weâll get personal robots to carry our backpacks. Maybe weâll get a zip line for the playground. Maybe Mr. Tony will get some goats to put
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