Burke Is Berserk! 2 A Seesaw Battle The lawn mower race was hilarious, because lawn mowers go really slow. I mean, I can walk faster than those things. It was like watching a turtle race. But it was still exciting, and everybody was yelling and screaming. “Put the pedal to the metal, Mr. Klutz!” “You can beat him, Mr. Burke!” We all walked alongside the lawn mowers so we could see who was winning. First Mr. Klutz took the lead. Then Mr. Burke took the lead. Then Mr. Klutz was ahead. Then Mr. Burke was ahead. “This is a real seesaw battle!” shouted Ryan. “Are they going to fight on the seesaws?” I asked. “That would be cool!” After about a million hundred minutes, the lawn mowers reached the other end of the playground. Mr. Burke jumped off and touched the monkey bars first. “Yee-ha!” he shouted. “Ah’m a-grinnin’ like a weasel in a henhouse.” Mr. Klutz gave Mr. Burke a dollar. All the excitement was over, and we had to go into school to start the day. Bummer in the summer!
