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the tree over Miss MufFet's head. She took one look at it and ran back to
school. Michael didn't even have the chance to get her fLngeTPrints.
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lt went on like that R)r the rest of the week. AIl these nuでrsery rhyme
whatto do."
“Maybe you should Put some of them in the dungeon on the third
noor,"l said.
ln the next fi!w days we were visited by Wee Wmie Winkie, Georgie
Porgie, Tommy Tucker, SimPle Simon, Peter Peter PumTPkin Eaterj and
some guy named lack who keTPt jumping over a candlestick for no reason
at aII.l guess it was the samoack that giruill was looking R〕r.
ltwas nonstop all week! l can't say fi)rsure,but Fm Pretty sure at least
Something was wrong with And7rea. She wasn't raising her hand in dass
about everything. She wasn't Pestering me like she usually didJt was like
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RooPy is like the coolest lady in the history ofthe world. Would you Tather
some sick People have more than one personality. Like one minute they
think they are onepeでrson,and a minute latel they actually think they are
somebody comPletdy di辰rent. The whole time they actuany think they
areall these peoPle・ I'm aFraid that Mrs. Roopy might have this problem・
We aII Put on our thinking caPs. Well, not really.There's no such
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Lucky for usバhe library was emTpty. MTs. Roopy was Probably eating
0nourhands and knees, we made our Nvay Past the nonfidion books
dence."
We were inside Mrs. RooPy's o伍ce. l wanted to tum the light on, but
never tums the lights on. We tried to see the best we could with the light
“Notyet."
And there,inside the doset, was allthe e・vidence we would ever need.
Roopy had been wearing was hanging Tight there in the doset.
“Thisis the proof!" Michael said. 7AIl those TPeoPle weでrejust Mrs.
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“Didtoo!j'she said.
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stead of you. How do you exTplain the fact that George Washington's uni-
She just stood there for a moment and then…she broke down crying・
that we allgathered around her and gave her a hug・ Emily was crying too.
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be okay, Mrs. Roopy," AndTea said.“We'Il get you soTneheITp."
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it'shorrible!j'Mrs. RooPy criedバGeo7rge Washington must have
len his uniform in my doset when he was heTe. Do you know what this
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Mr. Klutz is the prindpal ,which means he is like the king of the
school.0ne time l got into trouble and was sent to Mr. Klutz's o拓ce.
When l got there,he didn't Tpunish me. He pve nle a candy bar. ME
Klutz is nuts!
We told Miss Daisy that we had to speak with Mr. Klutz and that it
Mr.Klutz arrived.
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I Put on my thinking cap (wel1,not really)and tried Teal hard to think
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The yemng got louder. Everybody in the dass tumed aTound just in
lt was Mrs. RooPy! She was wearing sunglasses, knee Pads, elbow
Padsj and a noPTpy black T・shiでrtthat said “BikeTs 4 Books.” She had
grab t{}a
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“ldidn't know you knew so much about trick biking, Mrs. RooPy,j' I
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certainlylooks like a trickbiker to me," said Miss Daisy・
That's when l came uP with the most genius idea in the history of the
on heTbelly button!
“lt’s
MTs. RooTpy!”Michael shouted. “The Tproofis in the Pudding!”
books that had droPPed on the Hoor.They were books about trick biking!
One or the books showed how to do tricks,and the other two were about
said.
“ldon't know what you're talking about," Mrs. RooPy saidバTm a Pro-
f6sional trickbiker."
“lt’s
MTs. RooTpy!”Michael shouted. “The Tproofis in the Pudding!”
books that had droPPed on the Hoor.They were books about trick biking!
One or the books showed how to do tricks,and the other two were about
said.
“ldon't know what you're talking about," Mrs. RooPy saidバTm a Pro-
f6sional trickbiker."
“Gee,l don't know; A・1・," she said.“You said that reading was boring,
bike books. “But if you don't bring these back on time, Mrs. RooPy is
“Laterjdudes!" she said. And with that, Mrs. Roopy went Pedaling out
l fiel soTTyR)r Mrs. Roopy. She is the looPiest liTbrarian Fve ever rnetl
think she's got a big Pでroblem. We're going to do all we can to heIP her・
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IF you ask me/they shouldn't tea(:h kids how to read and write in
school. They shouldn't teach math. They should teach kids how to do
Daisy, thinks reading and writing and math are reallyimPortant for some
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Miss Daisy told us to write a story for homewoTk and draw a picture to
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“Tobe preTPared for war is the best way to keeP the Peace!" the army
“Who was that?" asked my friend Michael, who neveTties his shoes
“Beatsmej' l said.
“Was that Prindpa1 Klutz?" asked my other friend Ryan, who sitsnext
“ldon't know who it was," Miss Daisy saidバbut he is heading for the
1ibrary. WeU better go check it out! Okay, second graders. Single File!”
The Librarian
Michael was the line leadeT. Andrea was the door holder. We went to the
library, which is brand-new and didn't even exist last year when we were
in first grade. They built it over the summer to replace the junky old li-
A library is the Tpartin the school where they have hundreds of books
that you can bring home with you. You don't even have to Pay for them.
And it'snot even illegal! The only Tproblem is you have to bring the books
My丘iend Billy arouでnd the comer, who was in second grade last year,
told me that ifyou don't bring back your library books on time, the nbrar-
ian locks you in a dungeon under the school. I'm not sure l believe him.
“Our new librarian is Mrs・ Roopyj' Miss Daisy told us as vve lined up
middle of the roonl was a giant tree! lt had a big tree houseat the top near
“Beats me," said Ryan. “How do you think they got it into the libTaryy'
about trees.
The tree was really coo1. Some oF us started to dimb it,but Miss Daisy
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Then, suddenlyj that aTmy guy with the wig poked his head out of the
When he got to the bottom, the army guy with the wig stood aII
en teeth. So this army guy with the wig couldn't be GeoTge Washington
“lf
youjre reany George Washington, 1et'sseeyouでr teeth,"l said,The
army guy with the wig reached into his Pocket and pulled out a set of
Emily took one look at the teeth and ran out of the roornc削ng, That
“You can't fool me," Andrea Young saidパYou're not George Wash'
ington. You're Mrs・ RooPy, the new m)rarian, dressed uP to look like
George Washington/You're suPPosed to read stories to us and heIP us
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No matter what we said,the army guy with the wiLinsisted that he
books about the united States. A11 through hbrary Period,the army guy
with t]hewig said that he was George Washington. Aner a while,we staTt-
body laughed even though l didn't say anytThing funny. Kids think any-
laugh, all you have to do is stick your face in their face and say either
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not. But he was
weird.
Dumbheads
l took a seat in the lunchroom next to Ryan and Michael. Ryan stuck two
of my carrot sticksin his nose, and l told him IU がve him a nickd iF he
Thatjs when Andrea Young leaned over from the next table and
She may have been Tight, but l didn't want to adこmitit,because l hate
her. Ryan took out a dollar bill丘om his backpaどk and looked at the Pi(:-
“George Washington has been dead for like a hundred years!" Andrea
said,
read us storieで
That's when it hit me. IF that army guy was really Mrs. RooPy dressed
in a movie once.”
“Wej゛egot to save her!” EmUy said with tears dribbling down her
There`was only one way to solve the problem. We deaned o仔our trays
and went back to our dassroom to ask Miss Daisy if George Washington
sent today・ She's home sick in bed・ lt must have been the rea1 GeoTge
Washington."
But what does Miss Daisy know? Everybody knows Miss Daisy is
crazy・
Everybody in our dass lwasexcited before the next library Period. We a11
When we got to the library,there 'was just this lady who looked a tle
“Yeah,can vve?"
“Wooden teeth? Did you know that George Washington didnjt have
“Ewww!" we allshouted.
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did when we told him about comPutersバl don't know what you'Te talking
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“Letme show you around the libTary," Mrs. RooPy saidy‘Did you
know出at books can take you to Places you have neverbeen before? They
he1P us exPlore our lvorld.We have books here on just about every sub-
ject you can think oE This is the Fiction section. Does anyone know the
“Fiction
is what you get when you rub two things together,"l said.
every day after schoo1,me and Michad and Ryan ride ourbikes togethel.
bunny hoP ofF a bumPバmd l know the nanlesofallt]he hmous trick bike
“Gee,
l don't know much about bicyde tricks,A・1.j'Mrs. RooPy said.
“Melvil Dewey."
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ing stufE
“Soif you want to find books about inseds, you'd go to number 59ジ
Mrs. RooTpy saidバAnd if you want to Find books about dinosaurs, you'd
go to number 56フ.L山raTies allover the world use the system that Melyil
“Didallthe kids at his school make fun of him because his name was
Melvil?" l asked. l know that if theTe was a kid named MeMl in our
“ldonjt know," Mrs. Roopy saidパBut would you like to hear a song l
reading books.
Mrs. RooPy went into her omce and came back with a guitar and one
of those harmonica thingys you xvear around your neck. She strummed a
“You may have he訂d a folktale about John Henry, the stee1-drivin'
manj' Mrs. RooPy saidパWd1, this is the story of Melvi1 Dewey, the book-
sortin' man."
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Mrs. RooPy sang the whole song and Played he]r guitar and har-
moni(:a,too. lt was a Pretty cool song. This M山U Dewey guy had aTace
with a comPuter to see who could sort books the fastest.Melvn won the
race, but Tight a仕er he sorted the last book, he droPPed dead Tight on the
At the end of the song, Andrea Young got up and gave Mrs. Roopy a
At the end ofthe Period, Mrs. RooPy asked us ifwe had any questions
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When we came into the library the next time,a guy with a long beard
came down the ladder from the tree house, wearing blue-jean overalls. He
was wearing a Pot on his head. He looTked funny, and he looked a lot like
“Roopy?" the guy said in a funny voiceバYou young 'uns must be con-
fUsin' me with some other filleT.My name is Johnny 匈Pleseed. lt's the
year l8oo・ l travel 丘om town to town Tplantin'apPle trees most every・
wheTe l wanderj'
“You are not Johnny APpleseed!j' Andrea called out “You're Mrs.
RooPy!"
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neveTheard oF no RooPy,≒he guy said,making his forehead a11
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No matter what we said,we couldn't convince the bearded guy with
the Pot on his head that he wasn'□ohnny APPleseed. He read us a story
about Johnny APPleseed and told us lots oF stu江about aPPles・
“Didyou know that 硲1ks have been eatin' aPPles for thousands of
yearsl ?'johnny ApPleseed told us.
aPTPle tree neaTthe Playground. Bdore we went back into schoo1,we had
stand why he was dressed funny. But what l don't undeTstand is why he
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When we got back to dassj told Miss Daisy all about what haPPened
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he said that if you want to be sureof something, you have to have Proo£
printsj l can have my dad test them. lf they are the same fingerprints,
then that will be Proof that Mrs. RooPy was just Pretending to be lohnny
Appleseed!"
Me and Ryan agreed that Michael was a genius. The next time we had
library, we 1)rought a juice box with us,so we could get Mrs. RooTpy's fin-
gerprints.
But when we came into the library,all the lights were out and the
dosed. Then we heard a noise. lt came from the toTp ofthe tree house.We
a1Ilooked uP・
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got to be Mrs・ Roopy!" Andrea said.
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strong.ltis l969Jam about to become the firsthuman being to set foot
on the moon.”
Slowly NeiI Armstrong ?put one foot on the nooTof the liTbrary・
We tried to convince NeiI Armstrong that he was really MTs. RooPy
books about the Trnoon and the sun and the stars and outer sPace. lt was
Then he dimbed uP the ladder and into the tree house.Michael was
When we got back to dassj told Miss Daisy allabout Neil Armstrong
“Yes,”l said
The only way to Pro゛e that Mrs. RooPy was dTessing up in siny costumes
and Ryan and Michael were deteTmined to get them the next time we had
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“They are,"l saidバl just want Proof that Mrs. RooPy was PTetending
mallady."
Miss Daisy took out a big fat Mother Goosebook. She oPened it and
was about to start Teading when this weird-looking girl skiPPed into the
dassroom. She was all dressed uP in a Pu汗y dress and she was holding a
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“I'mnot Mrs. RooTpy," the girl saidパMy name is Ji11.Lran uTP a hill
hiscrolwn. l went running after him, but now l have no idea where he is.