Never Race A Runaway Pumpkin (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Diz’s desk. A little one and a medium one. Also there was an apple, a grape, a rock, and a quarter. Not only that, Mr. McGeely, the janitor, was high up on a ladder in a corner of the room. He was changing the long lightbulbs. Pumpkins and lightbulbs! It was going to be an amazing morning. “Class, I know a lot of you were interested in the giant pumpkin Mr. Page told us about yesterday,” said Ms. Diz. “That’s why we’re going to learn about how to guess weight today. We call it estimating.” Mr. McGeely climbed down from the ladder. “Replaced all the burned-out lights, Ms. Diz,” he said. “Wonderful,” said Ms. Diz. “It’s much brighter in here.” It was true. You could see all kinds of things. On the floor I saw a black crayon and a ball of dust shaped like a kangaroo. And then I saw a penny! Right under Mr. McGeely’s ladder. Gus saw it too. He made a dive for it. Gus was halfway under the ladder before I could grab his shirt. “Gus, no!” I cried. “You can’t go under a ladder!
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