#25 Chapter 1 “Whoa! Check out Mr. Guthrie!” George Brennan shouted. Katie Carew swiveled around in her chair just in time to see her fourth-grade teacher running into the cafeteria. Her eyes opened wide with surprise. Mr. G. was wearing a white sheet wrapped around him. A Christmas-type wreath was on his head, and he held a huge flashlight in one hand. Just then a song began to blare through the cafeteria. “Why is Mr. G. wearing a sheet?” Emma Weber wondered. “Maybe it’s supposed to be a toga, like they wore in ancient Greece,” Jeremy Fox, one of Katie’s best friends, told Emma. “And I know that music. It’s from the Olympics.” “Your teacher is so weird,” said Suzanne Lock, Katie’s other best friend. “Ms. Sweet would never wear anything like that. She has style.” Mr. G. leaped on top of a cafeteria table and raised his flashlight even higher. When the music stopped, everyone grew quiet. “I have come to announce the first annual Cherrydale Elementary School Family Olympics!”
