Junie B., First Grader (at Last!) - Plot & Excerpts
Mr. Scary waited until all of us were done. Then he walked around the room. And he looked at everyone's pictures. He gave out shiny gold stars. First, he gave stars to Camille and Chenille. “What great-looking dogs you drew, girls,” he said. “Look at those floppy ears.” Lucille raised her hand. “Look at mine, Teacher!” she said. “I drew a cat with pointy ears. See? My rich nanna has an expensive cat just like this. Its fur is a foot thick, almost.” Mr. Scary looked strange at her. “Really, Lucille? A whole foot of fur?” he said. “My, my.” He gave her a gold star and moved on. He went to a boy named Roger. Roger was in my same class last year. “Excellent job, Roger,” Mr. Scary said. “You drew a man wearing a coat. The words man and coat were both on the board, weren't they?” I did a little frown. ’Cause none of these words were actually sounding familiar. After that, Mr. Scary walked to Sheldon and Shirley. “Cool bat and ball, Sheldon,” he said. “And, Shirley!
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