Fangs for Everything by Tommy Greenwald

Author:Tommy Greenwald [Aronson, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2018-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

By the time Irwin started crying, we knew we weren’t getting any cake.

“Party’s over!” announced Mrs. Wonk. “Everybody needs to call their parents!” I ran over to Irwin to try to make him feel better, but Baxter and Daisy had gotten to him first. Other kids were trying to cheer him up too, but we all knew it was a lost cause.

“Who would do that?” he kept saying, between sobs and gasps of air. “Who would take my presents?”

“I have no idea,” I told him. “A terrible person, that’s who.”

Amazing Andy came up to the porch to find out what was going on. “Is everything okay? I heard a big commotion.” He swung his head behind him. “Reptile Ron is trying to calm down the animals. They’re all a bit spooked.”

“No, Amazing Andy, everything is not okay,” Mrs. Wonk said, with a tremble in her voice. “Somebody has ruined my son’s perfect day by stealing all his birthday presents.”

Andy’s face turned white. “Oh no,” he said. “Oh no, oh no, oh no. I’m so sorry.”

“It’s a disaster,” Mrs. Wonk said.

Reptile Ron came running over. “I got everyone settled in,” he said. “Rascal was a little tricky, but I managed to calm her down with some extra treats. What’s going on?”

“The presents are gone,” Andy said.

“Oh no,” Reptile Ron said. “Not again.”

Andy glared at him like he’d just told a secret.

“What do you mean?” asked Mr. Wonk.

Andy sighed and took a deep breath. “The same thing happened about a month ago, at another party we worked at,” he said. “It was in Shoreview, a few towns over. We were in the cul-de-sac of a dead-end street, and all the presents had been put in one of the upstairs bedrooms. When we finished the show, everyone headed back to the house, and the presents were gone.”

“That’s crazy,” Mr. Wonk said. “I think I should call the police.”

Mrs. Wonk shook her head. “I don’t want a whole thing right now with all these children around,” she said. “We’ll call later.”

While everyone just stood there trying to figure out what to do next, a chirpy voice behind us said, “Does this mean you’re not going to do my party?”

We all turned to see Mara standing there, her face bright red with excitement and worry. “Amazing Andy is performing at my party next Sunday,” she explained. “I can’t wait! You’re still coming, right? You promised to bring a boa constrictor!”

“I did?” said Amazing Andy. “Oh, right, I did.” He tried to smile reassuringly. “Of course I’ll be there,” he said. “The show must go on. Everyone just needs to keep a closer eye on things, of course, so something like this never, ever happens again.”

“Oh, we will!” Mara chirped. “We’ll be super careful!”

I looked at Irwin, who was drying the last of his tears. “Did you hear that?” I said. “Amazing Andy is performing at Mara’s party next week.”

He nodded. “Yup, I heard. I hope the boa constrictor eats Mara’s left arm.”

Mr. and Mrs. Wonk looked appalled.

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