Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School 3)

“But I have to go to the bathroom!” yelled Stephen.

“Now he’s gone too far!” said Joy. “Excuse me, out of my way, sorry, coming through!” she said as she squeezed in and out of kids, crawled through legs, climbed over heads, until she made her way to the door at the bottom of the stairs.

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Louis was slopping black paint across the blacktop. Joy could see him through the glass door. Next to him was a big bucket of paint.

“MR. LOUIS!” she shouted so loud that even the kids back up on the fourth floor had to put their hands over their ears.

He came to the door.

“What are you doing?” Joy demanded.

“The blacktop isn’t black,” explained Louis. “It’s gray. A blacktop is supposed to be black. It’s right here on page forty-three of the POOPS handbook.”

He opened the book and showed page forty-three to Joy.

Joy grabbed the book and threw it out across the graytop. It landed plop in the bucket of black paint.

All the kids behind her cheered.

“You’re the Poop!” said Joy.

Louis’s red face turned even redder. The place where his mustache used to be turned purple.

“That’s Mr. Poop to you,” he said.

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Chapter 17

Why the Children Decided They Had to Get Rid of Mrs. Drazil

1. She was nice.

“I made cookies for everyone this morning,” Mrs. Drazil announced.

Everyone cheered.

2. She thought up ways to make learning interesting.

“I made five dozen cookies,” she said. “There are twelve cookies in a dozen. So, who can tell me how many cookies I made?”

Joe waved his arm back and forth. “I know! I know!” he said.

“Okay, Joe,” said Mrs. Drazil. “How many cookies did I make?”

“Five dozen,” Joe said proudly.

3. She was patient.

“Yes, I made five dozen cookies,” said Mrs. Drazil. “I told you that. But how many cookies are there?”

“Five dozen,” said Joe.