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said. She banged on the glass. “Don’t worry, Ms. Sweet, I’ll make sure she doesn’t miss it.”
    “Suzanne, stop banging on that glass,” Katie insisted. “You might scare a fish so badly, it’ll swim right into a shark’s mouth.”
    “Oh, you don’t have to worry about that,” the guard told Katie. “The divers feed the sharks plenty of food. None of the predators hunt for prey because they’re not hungry. All of our fish are safe in there.”
    Wow. Katie felt much better. She hadn’t put that clown fish in any danger after all.
    “But that doesn’t mean you can bang on the glass, young lady,” the guard continued, turning toward Suzanne. “It upsets the fish. That’s why it’s against the rules.”
    A moment later, the diver swam up to the glass so that she was face to face with Ms. Sweet. She held the ring up so she could see it.
    Ms. Sweet smiled brightly. She mouthed the words “thank you” to the diver. The diver gave her a thumbs-up and then swam toward the top of the tank. A moment later, Ms. Sweet had her ring back.
    The grateful teacher turned and gave Katie a big hug. “Katie, you’re amazing!” she exclaimed. “How did you ever spot my little ring in that big tank? I would think you’d practically have to be right next to it to see it.”
    Katie smiled slightly. Ms. Sweet had no idea how true that was. “I guess I was just lucky,” she said.
    “No. I was lucky,” Ms. Sweet replied.
    “So is class 4B!” Suzanne exclaimed. “Now we can have my . . . I mean your engagement party, Ms. Sweet.”
    “I think we should invite class 4A to the party, too,” Ms. Sweet said. “After all, Katie’s in class 4A. And she’s the one who saved the day.”
    “I guess,” Suzanne said with a sigh. “But I don’t know if there will be enough cake for all of them. My recipe only makes enough for our class.”
    “Don’t worry about that,” Ms. Sweet told Suzanne. “I’ll take care of the food.”
    “Oh, this is going to be fun!” Katie exclaimed. She grinned at Suzanne, Miriam, and Becky. “Now we can all party together.”
    Miriam and Becky smiled back at her right away. It took Suzanne a little while to force a grin.

Chapter 10
    “This is so much fun!” Katie squealed, taking another bite of her blue raspberry ice cream. “Oh yum! There was a green gummy fish in that spoonful.” She smiled. “Even a vegetarian like me can eat these fish!”
    Suzanne grinned. “You see, we have fun in our class, too,” she told Katie. “We may not sit in beanbag chairs or play fish tag, but we have awesome parties.”
    Now Katie understood why Suzanne had wanted this party to be just for her class. Maybe the kids in class 4A did brag a little too much about the way-cool learning adventures Mr. G. was always thinking up.
    “You sure do,” Katie agreed with Suzanne. “I really love that Ms. Sweet gave her engagement party a fish theme.”
    “So do I,” Jeremy agreed. “I never knew fish could be so delicious,” he added, sliding a cherry-red gummy fish into his mouth.
    “I think I’d like an aquarium theme for my engagement party one day,” Becky cooed, glancing at Jeremy.
    Jeremy rolled his eyes. “I’m gonna go get some goldfish crackers,” he said as he hurried away.
    “Hey, you guys, do you know what sea horses wear on their feet?” Kadeem shouted out.

    “What?” Andy Epstein asked him.
    “Horseshoe crabs!” Kadeem answered with a laugh.
    Everyone else laughed, too.
    Katie waited for George to come back with a joke of his own. But he didn’t say anything. So Kadeem told another one. “What do you get when you cross a turtle with an electric eel?” he asked.
    “What?” Emma S. asked him.
    “Shell shock!” Kadeem told her.
    Everyone laughed even harder.
    But still, not a sound was heard from George.
    “What’s with George?” Katie whispered to Kevin.
    “I don’t know,” Kevin said. “It’s not like him to pass on a joke-off with Kadeem.”
    Just then Ms.