Mr. Will Needs to Chill! by Dan Gutman

Author:Dan Gutman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

The next day when we got to school, I saw the most amazing thing. The guard towers were gone! The barbed wire was gone! So were the security cameras and the barking dogs! And most importantly, Dr. Carbles was gone! Standing at the top of the front steps and giving everyone hugs was our principal, Mr. Klutz.

He has no hair at all. I mean none. His head is like a bowling ball with a face on it.

“He’s back!” everybody was shouting. “Mr. Klutz is back!”

Mr. Klutz is a nice man. He’s not mean like Dr. Carbles.

“I missed you kids!” Mr. Klutz shouted when we all came over to hug him.

“We missed you too!” said Emily.

“Dr. Carbles is mean,” said Ryan.

“Marshall can be a little . . . uh, strict,” Mr. Klutz replied.

“A little?” said Michael. “He drives a tank to school.”

“Did you have a good time at Principal Camp, Mr. Klutz?” asked Andrea.

“Oh yes,” he replied. “Mrs. Jafee and I met lots of experts in the field of education, and we learned all kinds of new ways of teaching. I think it’s going to help you kids learn things.”

Ugh. Learning things is a drag. But at least it will be better than having mean Dr. Carbles around.

“So we don’t have to march in the playground anymore?” asked Neil.

“Nope,” said Mr. Klutz.

“We don’t have to eat dried mush and cold gruel for lunch?” asked Alexia.

“Never again.”

“Can we have recess today?” asked Ryan.

“Sure!”

“Can we go out for ice cream during recess?” I asked hopefully.

“Why not?” said Mr. Klutz. “In fact, you can go out for ice cream right now.”

“HUH?” we all said, which is also “HUH” backward.

This was too good to be true! I figured Mr. Klutz must be pulling a prank on us. We’re never allowed to eat ice cream first thing in the morning. That’s the first rule of being a kid.

“Really?” I asked. “We can have ice cream first thing in the morning?”

“Absolutely!” said Mr. Klutz. “One of the experts at Principal Camp told me that kids learn better when they eat ice cream for breakfast. He said the cold wakes up your brain.*

Hmmm, that makes sense.

“Hooray for Mr. Klutz!” everybody started chanting. “Hooray for Mr. Klutz!”

“Go ahead!” said Mr. Klutz. “I think I hear the Ding-Dong truck coming down the street right now.”

He was right! The Ding-Dong truck pulled up across from the school. It was playing the Ding-Dong jingle, as always.

“Ah, I love that song,” said Mr. Klutz.

“Mr. Will is back!” somebody shouted.

“Hooray for Mr. Will!” everybody started chanting. “Hooray for Mr. Will!”

“Let’s go get ice cream!” Alexia shouted.

“Yeah!”

We were all about to run over to the Ding-Dong truck, but then we stopped.

“Wait,” Michael said. “I don’t have any money.”

“Neither do I,” said Emily.

“I just have my lunch money,” said Andrea.

“You don’t need to use your own money,” said Mr. Klutz.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. Then he gave each of us a dollar.

What?! Free ice cream? First thing in the morning? This couldn’t be happening! It was going to be the greatest day of my life.

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