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Aggie Lou folded her body half out of the sunshinyand called, “Clarisse, come up!”

“Why weren’t you in school?” cried Clarisse, perturbed that her life opponent should be bedded down and taking it easy away frorim school life

“Co back into bed

Clarisse carubby fist

Aggie Lou lay back, eyes closed, pleased with herself “I got soot,” she revealed

“What?” asked Clarisse suspiciously

“Maybe I’ll tell, ie Lou, lazily

“I gotta go hoy

“Then you’ll never knohat I got,” said Aggie Lou

“Well, what is it?” shouted Clarisse, scowling

“Bacteria,” announced Aggie Lou proudly

Clarisse’s eyebroent down “What?”

“Bacteria Microbes Germs!”

“Oh, poo!” Clarisse swung her books carelessly “Everybody’s got gerers, equally begrubbed and the furthest state from antiseptic

“That’s on the outside,” criticized Aggie Lou “I got erms on the inside, where it counts!”