A girl named Divya said and gave him a dirty look Shh Everyone at Watson knew she thought Klaude was annoying She whispered something to her friend who was a good artist This gave Klaude an idea to help pass the time in morning assembly He doodled a picture of two meatballs on a scrap sheet of paper while Mrs Holmes spoke This Golden Spoon Award thing didn’t concern him Like any of the teachers or the cafeteria workers would’ve picked me for the award he thought Sometimes people took Klaude’s jokes the wrong way and a few of the teachers at Watson considered Klaude a troublemaker It didn’t matter if he always said thank you or cleaned up or volunteered He even helped Nurse Strongman out at the health fair recently Klaude ripped the paper meatballs off of the page and placed the scraps over his eyes He groaned like a zombie but not so loud his teacher Mr Hambrick could hear Mrs Holmes called out a few names and then said Klaude This was followed by the group clapping 8
Klaude still had a paper meatball over his left eye when he looked up Huh Lots of the third graders laughed Klaude wasn’t even trying to be funny The meatball doodle fell off of his face and he slipped it in his pocket Mrs Holmes gave him a look down her nose that Klaude and the other kids called the Holmes Eye Come talk to me after assembly for more details Mrs Holmes said More details Klaude had no clue what was going on He had a feeling he was about to get in trouble so it surprised him when Divya said I’m shocked Congratulations 9
Klaude had no idea what she was talking about Gesundheit he said Divya gave him a funny look Klaude started to explain to Divya that gesundheit was a German word for saying good health after a sneeze but then she stopped him I know what it means I just don’t know why you said it to me Divya moved on and then Romy elbowed Klaude as they started making their way out of the cafeteria I should’ve won the Golden Spoon Award not you I might’ve if you hadn’t dared me to see how far I could throw my roll I never meant (cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:191)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:180) I never made you do you anything Klaude (cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:15)(cid:3) (cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3) (cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3) (cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:92)(cid:3) (cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:71)(cid:3) (cid:191)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:3) (cid:36)(cid:73)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3) Klaude’s dare Romy threw a buttery roll across the table and accidentally hit a girl named Veronica against her back Veronica threw her container of applesauce back at Romy only it was slightly open It showered applesauce over a bunch of kids After that everyone went crazy throwing stuff and the cafeteria staff had to jump in piles of food to get the kids to stop Klaude had never seen 10
Mrs Holmes so upset When are you going to let it go Romy Klaude asked Probably not for a while especially since you got picked for the Golden Spoon Award You of all people Romy said Had Klaude actually won the Golden Spoon Award or was Romy just teasing him Divya wasn’t the type to tease why else would she have said congratulations Several other kids were talking to Mrs Holmes after the assembly and Klaude could hardly stand still Are you doing the potty dance Veronica asked him Mrs Holmes must’ve called her name too Funny Klaude said and forced himself to (cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:91)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:191)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:3) more about why Mrs Holmes wanted to talk to him When it was Klaude’s turn to talk to Mrs Holmes she smiled at him The principal reminded him of his grandmother only a smaller version Mrs Holmes clothes were much nicer 11
