The Terrible Two Get Worse by Mac Barnett

The Terrible Two Get Worse by Mac Barnett

Author:Mac Barnett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2015-10-19T04:00:00+00:00


Chapter

13

PRANKING JOSH BARKIN was practically an official pastime for the Terrible Two. Miles and Niles had it down to an art form. And today’s exercise would be particularly elegant. Did you know you can pull a beautiful prank using only items from a sack lunch?

It was late autumn. The day was clear and cold. Miles and Niles, bundled up in coats, ate lunch on a bench far from the other kids. Miles gave Niles his apple bar and Niles gave Miles his fruit snacks, as usual. Unusually, they did not split Miles’s Twinkie. They ate fast, packed up, and snuck into the locker room.

The locker room was cold—the locker room was always cold—and it smelled of chlorine, mildew, and the cologne some older boys used. The floor was gray. The lockers were gray. The lights were off and the whole room was gray.

The thick rubber mats on the ground dampened the noise from the Terrible Two’s footsteps. The only sound was the dripping of a leaky showerhead. Here was locker #667, which belonged to Josh Barkin.

“All right,” said Miles, running his hand against the cool metal. “Open it up.”

Niles removed an empty soda can from his lunch bag, and Miles handed him a pair of scissors.

“Are you sure this works?” Miles asked.

Niles didn’t answer. He sheared off the can’s top and bottom, slit its side, and unfurled the aluminum on the ground. Working quickly, he cut out the shape of an M.



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