Sweet Farts #2: Rippin' It Old School (Sweet Farts Series) by Bean Raymond

Author:Bean, Raymond [Bean, Raymond]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2010-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Whatevoh

The whole next week, the only thing I did was work on my swing. I had come to the realization that the fair was going to be a complete failure. Mr. Gonzalez would come back from Africa, and all I would have to show him would be Grandma’s fruit trees and Anthony’s baseball stats. He would kick me out of the lab and that would be the end of it all. Halloween came and went, and I didn’t even trick-or-treat. I was too worried about the fair.

I woke up on the morning of November 1 knowing two things: First, I was going to lose the lab. That was a certainty. Second, I was about to be humiliated in front of the school, my family, and the whole world on The Helen Winifred Show. A surge of anxiety coursed through my body. When I get upset like that, my mind just locks in on my worries and I can’t get free. No matter how hard I try to think of other things, my mind just won’t let up.

I pictured the science fair: all the other kids would have their experiments finished. All the parents and teachers would be walking from room to room, checking out the projects. I could see myself in front of an empty desk. When people walked by and asked me where my project was, I would just shrug.

Then an idea hit me.

I could say that my experiment involved some element of invisibility, and that in the process of experimenting, the project had become invisible. The only problem was that, if it were invisible, you would still be able to touch it. Invisibility was a crazy idea.

“Keith!” I heard Mom shout from downstairs. “Your bus is going to be here in a few minutes.” I bolted out of bed and ran for the bathroom. Along the way, I looked out the window and saw that it was snowing for the first time all year. I ran back to my room and pulled a thermal undershirt out of my dresser. Coming out of my room with the thermal still half over my head, I almost ran straight into Emma.

“Wow! Watch out, Emma,” I said as I sidestepped her. She just kept running right into my room.

I turned around and followed her.

“Hey, what’s going on, Emma?”

She was lying in my bed with the covers pulled up over her head. “I’m not going to school today,” she wailed. “I’m not going to school today or any other day!” I could tell that she was really crying because her voice had that cracking sound it makes when you can’t get your words out.

“Emma, come on. Of course, you’re going to school today. Why don’t you tell me what’s going on.”

“Mommy just told me that if I don’t eat breakfast, she won’t let me play with any of my toys anymore.”

“Emma, Mommy is just worried about you. She doesn’t want to see you get sick. If you don’t eat, you won’t grow, and your body won’t be healthy.

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