In the Kitchen by J. C. Greenburg

Author:J. C. Greenburg [Greenburg, J. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-53251-0
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2002-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

“What are you wearing today?” asked Uncle Al.

“Well, urn, I’m wearing my blue shorts and that great safari shirt you gave me,” said Andrew. “The one with all the pockets.”

“Perfect!” said Uncle Al. “Remember, Andrew, most answers are in your head or in your pockets—sometimes both! When I gave you that shirt, I put a surprise in a secret pocket. It’s under the left side of your collar. It’s a new thing I’ve been working on. The Drastic …”

Suddenly Uncle Al’s voice faded away. So did the rest of Uncle Al!

Andrew checked his collar. There was a little zipper on the left side. He unzipped it and found a tiny pocket. But there was nothing there!

Then Andrew remembered that Uncle Al, smart as he was, sometimes got left and right mixed up. So Andrew checked the right side of his collar. There was another secret pocket. This time there was something in it.

It felt like a tiny, squooshy lump. Andrew unzipped the pocket and took it out. It looked like a piece of rubber band with a tiny cup at each end.

There was a tag attached to it. It said THE DRASTIC ELASTIC, VERSION 1.1.

meep … “Let go of end,” said Thudd.

Andrew held one end of the Drastic Elastic and let go of the other end. It fell through the grating of the middle shelf and stretched all the way to the bottom of the refrigerator!

“Wowzers schnauzers!” yelled Andrew. “This is the stretchiest thing I’ve ever seen!”

Andrew tried to pull the end back up, but the Drastic Elastic just seemed to get longer and longer.

meep … “Yank, Drewd!” said Thudd. “Like yo-yo!”

Andrew yanked the end of the Drastic Elastic. The other end came whizzing back!

“Jumping gerbils!” said Andrew.

Andrew tied one end of the Drastic Elastic around Thudd.

“Okay!” said Andrew. “I’ll get you down to the butter, Thudd. You grab a big hunk. Then I’ll snap you back and get you buttered!”

“Yoop! Yoop! Yoop!” said Thudd.

Thudd jumped off the tomato and whizzed down to the bottom shelf. He landed in the bowl of eggs.

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