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Chapter 1

Teacher’s Pet

“You will have a substitute teacher torade class

“All right!” shouted Nick

Mrs North stared at Nick

Marvin Redpost looked down at his desk and smiled Nick Tuffle was Marvin’s best friend Marvin had two best friends His other best friend was Stuart Albright

“I will be gone for one week,” said Mrs North “I won’t be back until next Thursday A week from tomorrow”

“Hot dog!” exclaimed Nick

Mrs North glared at Nick “I will leave detailed instructions for the substitute,” she warned “And if any of you misbehave, I will know about it That means you, Nick”

“Hey, why pick on me?” asked Nick

When it was tiathered around Marvin’s desk

“A substitute for a week!” said Nick, rubbing his hands together “This is going to be great”

“Let’s pretend we’re each other,” said Stuart “I’ll be Marvin Marvin, you be Nick And Nick, you can be me”

“I don’t want to be you,” Nick said to Stuart “I’ll be Marvin, and you be me”

“I don’t want to be you!” said Stuart

It made Marvin feel proud that both his friends wanted to be him

On the other hand, he wasn’t sure he wanted either of them to be him

“Marvin, may I talk to you for a moment?” asked Mrs North

“What’d you do?” asked Stuart

Marvin shrugged He didn’t think he did anything

And even if he did, what could Mrs North do about it? She was going away for a week