My Weird School #20: Mr. Louie Is Screwy!

Chapter One

The H Word and the L Word

My name is A.J. and I hate school.

"I hate school," I told my friend Ryan, who will eat anything, even stuff that isn't food.

"Me too," he said. We were walking to Ella Mentry School with our friend Michael, who never ties his shoes.

"Me three," said Michael. "I hate school too."

"Well, I hate school more than you guys do," I said.

"Nobody hates school more than me," said Ryan.

"I hated school before you guys hated school," said Michael.

"Oh, yeah?" I told him. "I hated school before you were even born."

Any time you want to win an argument, just tell the other person you did something before they were born. It works every time. That's the first rule of being a kid.*

"Groovy!" somebody said as we were about to cross Walnut Street. "I can dig where you dudes are coming from."

It was Mr. Louie, our crossing guard! He was standing at the corner of Walnut Street in front of the school. Mr. Louie always wears sandals and a ti ... read full excerpt from: My Weird School #20: Mr. Louie Is Screwy! ebook