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Chapter 1
A Package for Mrs Jewls
Louis, the yard teacher, frowned
The school yard was a mess There were pencils and pieces of paper everywhere How’d all this junk get here? he wondered Well, I’ to pick it up!
It wasn’t his job to pick up garbage He was just supposed to pass out the balls during lunch and recess, and also make sure the kids didn’t kill each other
He sighed, then began cleaning it up He loved all the children at Wayside School He didn’t want theround
As he was picking up the pencils and pieces of paper, a large truck drove into the parking lot It honked its horn twice, then twice more
Louis ran to the truck “Quiet!” he whispered “Children are trying to learn in there!” He pointed at the school
A short , bushy hair stepped out of the truck “I have a package for somebody named Mrs Jewls,” he said
“I’ll take it,” said Louis
“Are you Mrs Jewls?” asked the man
“No,” said Louis
“I have to give it to Mrs Jewls,” said the man
Louis thought athe children He kne
“I’m Mrs Jewls,” he said
“But you just said you weren’t Mrs Jewls,” said the man
“I changed my mind,” said Louis
The ave it to Louis “Here you go, Mrs Jewls,” he said
“Uhh!” Louis grunted It was a very heavy package The word FRAGILE was printed on every side He had to be careful not to drop it
The package was so big, Louis couldn’t see where he was going Fortunately, he knew the way to Mrs Jewls’s class by heart It was straight up
Wayside School was thirty stories high, with only one room on each story Mrs Jewls’s class was at the very top It was Louis’s favorite class
He pushed through the door to the school, then started up the stairs There was no elevator
There were stairs that led down to the basement too, but nobody ever went down there There were dead rats living in the basement
The box was pressed against Louis’s face, squashing his nose Even so, when he reached the fifteenth floor, he could s in the cafeteria It s mushrooet soht He didn’t want to miss Miss Mush’s mushrooms They were her specialty
He huffed and groaned and continued up the stairs His ars were very sore, but he didn’t want to rest This package et it to Mrs Jewls right away