Alone in His Teacher's House (Marvin Redpost 4)

“She’s going to pay me to take care of her dog while she’s away.”

His friends stared at him wide-eyed.

“Three dollars a day. Plus a bonus of four dollars if there are no problems.”

“Twenty-five bucks,” said Stuart. He was good at math.

“You are so lucky,” said Nick. “You’re the luckiest kid in the whole world.”

Chapter 2

The Key

Marvin’s friends waited with him in the parking lot.

“Which one do you think is her car?” asked Stuart.

“I don’t know,” said Marvin.

“I can’t believe you guys are so dumb!” said Nick. “She drives that yellow Fire-bird. Over there, next to Mrs. Grant’s red Cougar. The pick-up truck is Mr. McCabe’s. The van is Mr. Gurdy’s. I can tell you every teacher’s car.”

“But you’ve never driven in one,” said Stuart, patting Marvin on the back.

Mrs. North came out of the office. She held a folder filled with papers.

“Are you ready, Marvin?” she asked.

He nodded.

“We just wanted to watch him get into your car,” said Stuart.

Mrs. North smiled. “Well, it’s that yellow one, over there.”

“I know,” said Nick.

Mrs. North and Marvin walked across the parking lot.

“May I carry that for you?” Marvin asked.

“Thank you, Marvin,” said Mrs. North. She handed him the folder. “It’s my homework,” she told him.

“You have homework?”

“Sure. I have to correct your homework. In fact, I have a lot more homework than you. I have to correct your homework, plus the homework of every student in the class.”

“Hmm,” said Marvin. He never thought of that before.

She unlocked the door of her car, got in, then reached over and unlocked Marvin’s door.

He sat down next to her.

“You have a very nice car,” he said.

“Thank you,” said Mrs. North.

“The seat is very comfortable.”

“I’m glad you like it,” said Mrs. North.