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he said cheerily, waving his hammer. “Your room will be back to normal soon.”
    Madison shrugged. “Okay. Whatever.”
    Phin was rolling around in the grass, scratching his back. Madison pulled on his leash. She wanted to go back inside. She needed to check on her stuff.
    “See you around!” Billy called out. He started hammering again.
    When she got back inside the house, Madison immediately grabbed her book bag from the kitchen and climbed the stairs to her room. Although the window was open and Billy had been inside the room, he hadn’t fixed anything inside yet. Madison’s entire bedroom still smelled like wet, woolly sheep. She wondered if the smell would ever come out.
    Since her room and printer were still “under the weather” (literally), Madison decided to print out her Women’s History Month project research on Mom’s printer downstairs. So she went into Mom’s office, booted up Mom’s desktop, and popped in the drive. It blinked as the files opened.
    Madison decided she’d check her e-mail before doing any homework.
    There were oodles of messages!
FROM
SUBJECT
TheEggMan
New scrn name
Dantheman
Re: New scrn name
1234Gotcha
XXX RATED
Boop-Dee-Doop
Crazy Clearance
JeffFinn
Love you
    Egg was first. He had sent e-mail because he had changed his screen name and he wanted everyone to know. Dan Ginsburg, another friend of Madison’s from school and the animal shelter, wrote back a funny response. He copied everyone on his reply.
From: Dantheman
    To: TheEggMan
    Cc: MadFinn, BalletGrl, W_Wonka7, Wetwinz, Wetwins, Sk8ingboy, Dantheman, ArtsyOO
    Subject: Re: New scrn. name
    Date: Mon 26 Mar 3:11 PM
    Yo! whassup with our scrn names now they are like the same! Why don’t u call yourself EggDrop or maybe Egghead instead LOL. Call me l8r g8r.
    From: TheEggMan
    To: MadFinn, BalletGrl, W_Wonka7, Wetwinz, Wetwins, Sk8ingboy, Dantheman, ArtsyOO
    Subject: New scrn name
    Date: Mon 26 Mar 3:01 PM
    my old name Eggaway stinx so frm now on change ur mailbx to TheEggMan. C u bye
    Boys could act so dorky sometimes, Madison thought as she read their messages. Online, in school, and no matter where else she went, Madison’s friends who were boys had been acting like Weirdos (with a capital W ) lately.
    Maybe Mr. Danehy’s challenge to match boys versus girls for the science field trip wasn’t such a bad idea after all.
    Next in line, Madison came face-to-face with an e-mail that never should have been there. Who was 1234Gotcha? The subject “XXX RATED” was like a flashing neon light that said, “You Shouldn’t Open Me.” Sometimes Madison was curious about e-mails that she knew she shouldn’t open. But she resisted. As Gramma Helen always said, “Curiosity killed the cat.”
    Madison didn’t want any dead cats.
    Delete.
    Next she saw that Boop-Dee-Doop, the online clothing store, had sent a ten-dollars-off coupon for any upcoming purchase. The only trouble with that offer was that Mom had decided not to buy any new clothes for a while. Madison knew she wouldn’t be using it before the expiration date.
    Delete.
    Finally Madison read a quick e-mail from Dad. He’d actually just sent it while she’d been online.
From: JeffFinn
    To: MadFinn
    Subject: Love You
    Date: Mon 26 Mar 2:49 PM
    How are you? Work has been off the wall. Staying in Boston again for a long weekend, and I sure do miss my little girl. Taking the train home tomorrow.
    I’m having Stephanie over for dinner, too. It’ll be fun with the three of us!
    Love, Dad
    P.S. Why did the doughnut maker stop working? Because he was fed up with the hole business! LOL.
    Madison could never get used to Dad’s lame jokes, but she had gotten used to the fact that Stephanie seemed to go everywhere Dad went these days. They’d been dating so long now that Dad didn’t even ask for Madison’s permission to invite his “girlfriend” over when Madison was coming over, too.
    Thankfully, Mom wasn’t dating anyone.
    Madison’s computer bleeped. She had a