CHAPTER 1 Have You Got A Tissue Hi Welcome to the Whiz-BANG Science Fair A girl in a T-shirt with a lightning bolt on it shoved a flyer into Jake’s hand Err thanks he mumbled as she disappeared into the crowd Jake stuffed the flyer into his pocket took a deep breath and began to walk across the lobby of the Natural History Museum He was late He should have been here an hour ago to help set up the Class 5B exhibit Now it was ten o’clock the fair had opened and the museum lobby was jam-packed with excited people all jostling to get into the main hall Something whacked his elbow Excuse me Goliath bird-eating spider coming through Sorry Jake backed away as a boy squeezed past carrying a large glass tank Inside he saw a brown hairy spider the size of a small rat You can pet her if you want the boy said She doesn’t bite normally Jake was saved by a shout JAKE over here His friend Nora was standing by the doorway to the main hall With her were two more of his classmates Karl and Barnaby He wriggled through the sea of bodies to them Where have you been Nora grumbled It’s only two hours till the judging Sorry Connie decided to play a game of hide-and-seek as we were leaving Nora rolled her eyes Haven’t you told your sister how very important this competition is
I tried but she’s silly She just stuck her diaper on her head Jake said Barnaby’s eyes widened and he nudged Jake Speaking of silly Jake turned to see the tall figure of their teacher Mr Hyde bobbing through the crowd in a very happy mood He was wearing a white lab coat khaki shorts purple socks and sandals Karl chuckled Nora frowned Don’t be mean toward Mr Hyde Jake nodded although Barnaby did sort of have a point Mr Hyde didn’t look exactly normal But then again Mr Hyde wasn’t normal he was extraordinary He was officially the best teacher in the universe But he did have one teeny tiny humongous problem
