The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy, Book 1: The Hero Revealed by William Boniface; Stephen Gilpin

Author:William Boniface; Stephen Gilpin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Humorous Stories, Magic, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Heroes, General, Collectors and collecting
ISBN: 9780060774660
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008-02-14T10:00:00+00:00

But he’s definitely old enough to be irritating.

“How did you get in here?” Stench demanded as he got to his feet. “You know Dad said you’re supposed to keep out.”

“Take it easy, little whisker,” Fuzz Boy said soothingly. “I was just hiding out here until I was certain Mom had gone. She was threatening to haul me in for a haircut.”

“You really could use one, Fuzz Boy,” I spoke up. “How do you even see with so much hair hanging in your eyes?”

“The name is just Fuzz,” he said, pointing both index fingers at me and striking a pose that I think was supposed to look cool. “Drop the Boy, boy.”

“Get out of here, or I’ll drop you,” Stench hollered, clenching his fist as he stepped right up to his brother.

“Chill out, little one,” Fuzz Boy—er, excuse me, Fuzz—said as he swiftly stuck his finger under Stench’s chin as if to tickle him. The touch was slight, but it was enough to cause a small clump of hair to grow out almost three inches. “You know what they say—hair today, gone tomorrow.”

That was supposed to be the moment when Fuzz grabbed the rope ladder and made a smooth escape from the tree house. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t realize we’d pulled the ladder in. There was nothing for him to grab, and he ended up plunging almost ten feet down to the lawn below, letting out a high-pitched, girly scream in the process. It wasn’t exactly the graceful exit he had planned. Stench checked to see that he was okay, and then we all started laughing.

Unfortunately, Fuzz Boy’s unwanted presence had revealed a flaw in our plan.

“Well, so much for our supersafe headquarters,” Tadpole said snidely. “Now where do we put the card to protect it?”

“I could take it home and hide it inside some frilly outfit in my doll closet,” Plasma Girl offered—quite sensibly, in my opinion.

“I should keep it at my house,” Tadpole insisted loudly.

“It should stay with me,” Stench insisted. “I’m the strongest one and I can protect it.”

“No way, Stinky,” Tadpole said, facing Stench belligerently. He had never been mad enough to call Stench by that name before.

“Stop fighting, you two,” Plasma Girl interjected. “If anyone should take it home it’s O Boy. He’s the one who found it.”

“Keep out of it,” Tadpole and Stench turned to Plasma Girl and shouted simultaneously.

All three of them began screaming at one another. I glanced over at Hal who was silently staring off into space. I knew how he hated to see any of us fighting. So did I. Miss Marble’s final words to us were beginning to make an awful lot of sense. It was time for me to speak up.

“Everybody stop fighting,” I hollered. I wasn’t the Banshee, but I could yell when I had to.

There was an immediate silence, but before I could say anything, another voice spoke up.

“How about keeping it in the Hall of Trophies?” Halogen Boy suggested, indicating the upside-down aquarium. “It can go right next to our souvenir from the Mysterious Case of the Turning Doorknob.

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