Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School 3)

“No one’s ever brought me flowers before,” said Mr. Kidswatter. “You may not believe this, Louis, but I don’t have many friends.” He put his hand on Louis’s shoulder. “You’re like a son to me,” he said.

“And you’re a maggot-infested string bean,” muttered Louis.

“What?” asked Mr. K.

“I said, you’re a magnificent human being.”

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Chapter 29

Stupid

“Did anyone have any trouble with the homework?” asked Miss Nogard.

They all shook their heads.

Ron shook his head too. Homework? he thought. What homework?

“Good,” said Miss Nogard. “Well, in that case, there won’t be any homework tonight.”

Everyone cheered.

“Let’s just quickly go over the answers,” she said. “Ron, what was your answer to question one?”

Ron’s stomach flipped over. He fumbled with his notebook. “Uh, just a second,” he said.

“That’s okay, we’ll wait,” said Miss Nogard.

Ron flipped through the pages. “What question are we on?” he asked.

“Question one,” said Miss Nogard.

“Um, I couldn’t get that one,” said Ron.

“Oh,” said Miss Nogard. “Well, that’s okay, Ron. As long as you tried. Who knows the answer to question one?”

A handful of hands went up in the air.

Seven lima beans, thought Jason.

Seven lima beans, thought Rondi.

Six cucumbers, thought Deedee.

Seven lima beans, thought Stephen.

Miss Nogard called on Deedee.

“Six cucumbers,” Deedee said proudly.

“No, I’m sorry,” said Miss Nogard. “The answer was seven lima beans.”

Ooh, I had that! thought Jason.

She should have called on me! thought Rondi.