about Saint Bernards Or this He showed him one about Labrador retrievers Let’s find something else Jasper said But no ballerinas No ballerinas Ori agreed He moved to the next shelf and pulled down a book about rockets She’ll love this How do you know she’ll love it Jasper asked but Ori had already opened the book and started reading Jasper glanced over his shoulder Zoë had finished her turn and now a boy with glasses was reading to Molly in the big flower-splotch chair On the cover of his book was a picture of a bulldozer Molly was frowning her head off Jasper started pulling down books looking for something anything that Molly would enjoy Then Mom showed up They have a new reading program she said We know Jasper told her We’re looking for a book that will make Molly stop frowning It can’t be about ballerinas or bulldozers You’ll have to pick it for next time Mom said There’s still a chance we’ll get to read to Molly Jasper told her
Mom pointed to the line Eight fidgety kids were still waiting Then Mom showed Jasper her watch All he saw was hands There are only ten minutes left she told him Some of those kids might give up and go home Jasper said Mom sighed Sorry but that’s what we have to do Jasper But we didn’t get a turn They went to check out the books Mom had to steer Ori by the back of his neck because his face was in the rocket book She had to drag Jasper because he didn’t want to leave She handed him his library card to slide across the counter to the librarian Cheer up Jasper J Dooley the librarian said Molly’s here three days a week She checked out Ori’s book next and told him You come back too Ori D Spivak They left the library Mom and Jasper both a little grumpy Ori was reading so hard he didn’t notice
Chapter 2 The next day Ms Tosh read aloud again from the Cheeky the Squirrel book As soon as Ms Tosh said the word ballet Jasper flopped onto his table He put a finger on the stopper part of each ear and pressed it again and again That way Ms Tosh sounded like she was reading underwater Glub-glub-glub Glub-glub-glub Molly should have pushed her paws to her ears like this yesterday at the library when Zoë was reading to her If Molly even had paws and ears Jasper hadn’t noticed any under all her hair Then the recess bell rang Luckily Jasper heard it through the glubbing He and Ori ran outside together The girls raced past them and started playing one of their crazy
games around the playground equipment This time they were stuffing each other’s socks with pinecones and twirling around with knobby ankles Jasper and Ori climbed to the top of the jungle gym and sat there swinging their legs Jasper was still thinking about Molly Didn’t Molly look like a wig he asked Ori That’s what we should have read to her Ori said A book about wigs Jasper laughed Let’s go back today Maybe they have a wig book Ori said Sure Maybe we can find some wigs to wear They laughed and laughed until Jasper remembered the poster that said Monday Wednesday and Friday from three thirty to four thirty Oh it’s Tuesday he said just before he got an idea After school Mom was waiting to walk them home Can Ori come over Jasper asked Sure Mom said Oh good Ori said We’re going to practice our
