"Examined the shed, looked around a bit, then left." When it cleared, the small guy had disappeared." They were dragging a small guy out of the booth it was only a small shed, really when suddenly there was this huge bang and a big cloud of smoke covered them all. "He was there with a couple of policemen. I hurried across town to the ticket booth, but do you know who was there when I arrived?" "I got the money," he said, "and sneaked out at seven o'clock, when Mom was on the phone. Steve pulled us off to one side of the yard, checked to make sure no one was around, then began speaking in a whisper. "It means I have some good news, some bad news, and some crazy news," he said. "Come on, Steve, don't mess around with us," I told him. "Patience, boys, patience," Steve said, pushing us away and laughing. "Were you really at the dentist's?" Tommy wanted to know. We were shouting and pulling at him at the same time. I shut up instantly.Īt recess, Tommy, Alan, and I almost smothered Steve. "Where were you?" I asked in a furious whisper. Leonard left and Steve strolled over to his seat and sat down. Then, a few minutes before lunch, the door opened and guess who walked in? Steve! His mother was behind him and she said something to Mrs. Until one day he whipped me once too often, and I turned into a wolf and bit his head off! Everybody cheered and I was made the new owner.
All the freaks hated him, but he was so big and mean, nobody said anything.
I made-believe I was one of the freaks, and the owner of the circus was a nasty guy who whipped everybody, even when they got stuff right. I spent the time imagining the freak show. The morning dragged, the way it does when you feel let down or disappointed.
Quinn didn't crack jokes very often and I did, too, even though I was the butt of the joke. "There are more bags under your eyes than in the local supermarket!" Everybody laughed at that Mrs. "Had a late night, Darren?" she asked when I got my fifth question wrong. Normally geography's my best subject, because I know so much about it from when I used to collect stamps. Quinn asked me a question, I got it wrong. We had geography first, and every time Mrs. "You couldn't stick it up, stupid!" Tommy laughed. "Even if we can't go, I'd like to have the flyer. "I hope he brings the flyer back," Alan said. "He couldn't get the tickets and now he doesn't want to face us." THE NEXT MORNING, TOMMY, Alan, and me waited outside the gates for Steve, but there was no sign of him by the time the bell rang for class, so we had to go in.
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