Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School 3)

“What did it look like?” asked Mrs. Drazil.

“Like a giant hamburger,” said Sharie. “But there was a zizzle stick hanging down from the bottom!”

Deedee crawled to the teacher’s desk. She reached up and quietly opened the top drawer. She removed the blue notebook.

Mrs. Drazil stared out the window. “What’s a zizzle stick?” she asked.

“I don’t know,” Sharie said very mysteriously. “They don’t have them here on earth.”

Deedee crawled safely back to her seat.

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At recess everyone crowded around Deedee as she went through the blue notebook.

“Louis once put a frog in Mrs. Drazil’s shoe,” she said.

“Why wasn’t her shoe on her foot?” asked Jenny.

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“It doesn’t say,” said Deedee. “There’s a whole list of bad things Louis did. And he made it sound like Mrs. Drazil picked on him for no reason!”

“No wonder she put a trash can on his head!” said Todd.

“What else did he do?” asked Eric Bacon, who was always looking for new ideas.

But Deedee had already turned the page.

“There are other kids a lot worse than Louis,” she said, flipping through the pages.

“What are you looking for?” asked Ron.

“I don’t know yet,” said Deedee. “But I’ll know it when I see it.”

She saw it!

It was a note to Mrs. Drazil from a girl named Jane Smith. Deedee read it aloud.

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Dear Lizard Face,

Guess what? I didn’t do my homework again! HA HA HA! And there’s nothing you can do about it because you’re too stupid and ugly! HA HA HA! My family is moving away tomorrow! And you don’t know where! HA HA HA! Rub a monkey’s tummy! By the time you get this letter, I’ll be gone. Rub a monkey’s tummy with your head!

Love and Kisses,

Jane Smith

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Everyone was shocked.

“How old is that letter?” asked Myron.

Deedee checked the date, then did the math in her head. “Jane Smith wrote it twenty-six years ago.”

“And look,” said Ron, reading over Deedee’s shoulder. “Jane didn’t do her last twelve homework assignments!”