Mrs. Waloosh began to get tired. Sometimes she didn’t catch the children after she tossed them in the air.
Deedee crashed to the floor. “Wow,” she said, “this is more fun than murder-the-man-with-the-ball! HEY!”
At last the music stopped. Domp! Domp! Domp! Domp! Domp-domp-domp-domp-domp. And everyone shouted “HEY!” one last time.
Mrs. Waloosh clapped her hands. “Vonderful!” she exclaimed. “Fahntasteek!”
They all staggered out of the ballroom, cut up, bruised, and bleeding.
“Next veek, ve valtz!” Mrs. Waloosh called after them.
“So how did everyone like dancing?” asked Mrs. Jewls when they returned.
“Dahnce?” asked Ronaldo, King of the Gypsies. “Ve didn’t dahnce.”
“You didn’t?” asked Mrs. Jewls.
“No,” said Ronaldo. “Ve tangoed!”
Everyone cheered.
“It vas vonderful!” exclaimed Kathy.
“Fahntasteek!” said Terrence.
Myron was sorry he had missed it.
“I can’t vait till next Vednesday,” said Todd.
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Chapter 29
The Lost Ear
Mrs. Jewls was teaching the class about mammals. “All mammals have hair,” she said.
Bebe raised her hand. “Is my father a mammal?” she asked.
“Yes, all people are mammals,” said Mrs. Jewls.
“But my father doesn’t have any hair,” said Bebe. “He’s bald!”
Everybody laughed.
Benjamin stared down at his desk top. He was very determined. Mrs Jewls would be handing out report cards at the end of the week. He had to tell her his real name before then.
He raised his hand.
But Mac also had his hand raised.
“Yes, Mac,” said Mrs. Jewls.
“I heard about a man who was getting his hair cut,” said Mac. “And the barber cut off one of the man’s ears! See, the man had very long hair. I think he was a hippie. So the barber couldn’t see his ear until it fell on the floor.”