Before the Bell by Kiki Thorpe & Kiki Thorpe; illustrated by RH Disney

Author:Kiki Thorpe & Kiki Thorpe; illustrated by RH Disney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

No, it was only sunlight reflecting off a pair of scissors. A second later, Gabby gave a little jump. A tiny face was smiling out from the teacher’s desk! Gabby squinted, then sighed. It was just a picture on the side of a coffee cup.

“Some people seem to have the wiggles,” Ms. Jesser said, interrupting her reading. “Everyone needs to have their eyes on me.” She was looking at Gabby again.

Gabby felt her face turn red. Now Spinner had gotten her in trouble with the teacher, too!

After that, she tried to pay attention. But as the day went on, she started to worry. What could have happened?

When the last bell rang, there was still no sign of Spinner. As the other kids got their backpacks and left, Gabby didn’t know what to do. What if he came back looking for her and she wasn’t there?

Gabby saw Lizzie getting ready to leave. “Lizzie, I can’t find Spinner anywhere!” she whispered.

Lizzie gave her a funny look. “I have to go,” she said. “I forgot I have to help my mom today.” She grabbed her backpack and hurried out the door.

I guess she’s still mad at me, Gabby thought with a sigh.

Finally, she and Ms. Jesser were the only ones left in the classroom. “Are you waiting for someone, Gabby?” the teacher asked.

Gabby nodded. Then, thinking better of it, she shook her head. She was afraid the teacher might ask who she was waiting for.

Ms. Jesser gave her a confused smile. “Is someone coming to pick you up?” she tried again.

“Oh!” Gabby suddenly remembered that Mia was waiting for her. Mia would know what to do! “I gotta go. Bye, Ms. Jesser,” she said, hurrying away.

In the hallway, she almost bumped into Mia, Kate, and Lainey.

“Where have you been?” Mia exclaimed. “We’ve been waiting forever.…What’s wrong?” she asked when she noticed Gabby’s expression.

“Um, don’t be mad,” Gabby said.

Mia frowned. “Uh-oh. Don’t be mad about what, Gabby?”

Gabby took a deep breath. “Spinner’s missing…but it’s not my fault,” she added quickly.

“Spinner the sparrow man?” asked Kate. “What do you mean he’s missing? Missing from where?”

Gabby explained how Spinner had hidden in her backpack so he could hear the stories at school. “And once he was here, I couldn’t take him home. So I put him in my desk. I told him to stay there. But then he disappeared!”

Mia rubbed her forehead. “Gabby, this is even worse than when you took Bess to the wedding!”

“It’s not Gabby’s fault,” Kate pointed out. “She didn’t ask Spinner to come. I wish he’d stowed away in my backpack. It would have made school a lot more interesting today.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll help you find him,” Lainey said, putting her arm around the little girl.

“Let’s start by checking your classroom, since that’s the last place you saw him,” Kate suggested.

When they got back to Gabby’s classroom, the door was closed and the lights were off. “Are we going to get in trouble?” Gabby asked as they went into the empty room.

“If anyone asks, we’ll just tell them we’re looking for something we lost,” Mia said.

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