Tarantula Toes by Beverly Lewis

Author:Beverly Lewis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV039220, JUV033010, JUV045000
ISBN: 9781441260819
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

SEVEN

It was Tuesday.

Miss Hershey was writing on the board. Her back was to the class.

Perfect!

Jason glanced at Abby Hunter.

When she looked at him, he made his fingers wiggle and crawl. Just like a spider. A big one.

Abby shook her head and frowned at him.

Erase boards, Miss Hershey wrote. Stacy Henry.

Stacy grinned, probably because erasing boards was her favorite job.

“Lucky Stacy,” someone whispered.

Jason stared at Stacy. Then he made his spider-y hand.

Stacy’s eyebrows floated up. She looked the other way.

Miss Hershey wrote on the board: Hamster helper—Jason Birchall.

Jason sat tall. Ya-hoo!

Feeding the hamster was the best job. The coolest for a zoo keeper. A zoo-in-his-room keeper!

The class said the pledge.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag,” Jason began. But he was thinking about his tarantula.

He couldn’t stop thinking about Pinktoes. He thought so hard, he missed six spelling words. He thought so long, he forgot to feed the hamster.

“What is wrong today?” Shawn Hunter asked at recess.

“Nothing,” Jason said. “Are you coming to my house after school?”

“To see fake spider?”

“Didn’t Abby tell you?” Jason asked.

“Abby not tell me. Jimmy, little brother, tell about pretend spider.” Shawn’s eyes nearly closed shut.

“So . . . are you coming?” asked Jason.

“I not believe you,” Shawn said.

Jason shrugged. Nobody did.

He was the coolest, bravest tarantula owner around. And no one believed him!

Then they ran to the soccer field.

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