anything other than reading 3 I am older than exactly half of my siblings 4 I like to watch Dad cook 5 I don’t have to worry about losing car keys at this stage of my life I watched as everyone searched Ben looked under the couch Emily opened the front closet Anne checked a jacket pocket Dad looked at the key rack Then Edison rechecked the couch Charlotte rechecked the front closet Ben checked the bookcase Emily checked behind a chair Anne checked the coffee table John Glenn wasn’t checking or rechecking
anything FOUND THEM shouted John Glenn I looked at John Glenn suspiciously before I checked my clipboard Then I checked my watch It had been exactly 43 seconds John Glenn dangled the keys in front of Mom He held out his right hand for his prize Mom is known to hand out chocolate prizes 5 She ignored his hand and bent over and gave him a kiss Then she rushed out the door for choir practice I didn’t feel sorry for John Glenn He probably hid the keys in the first place Maybe Mom suspected that too When he turned to go back to the kitchen I made an interesting observation He had a perfect lipstick smooch on
his right cheek 1 This is a footnote If you’ve read these books before you know all about footnotes If you haven’t scientists use footnotes to add important information Here’s that important information Dad spends the other forty percent of his time sleeping I know that doesn’t equal one hundred percent but you have to leave some time in the day for getting dressed or going to the bathroom or other things that I just don’t want to think about 2 Most doorbells are placed 122 centimeters from the floor But Dad likes to place things higher 3 Physics is the study of matter and energy You will learn all about that in high school Don’t worry about it for now You have enough to worry about 4 An octave is a series of eight notes One octave higher would mean that the sound would be eight notes higher It also means that it vibrates either twice or half as fast I can never remember but we will probably figure that out by the end of this book 5 Or bribes Like to get us to stop embarrassing her at the store There was one time when John Glenn burped The Star Spangled Banner at the grocery store It is a scientific fact that you can’t do that with chocolate in your mouth
2 Sunday 9 45 a m I should probably introduce myself My name is Curie McCarthy but everyone calls me Curious I am going to be a scientist when I grow up so I try to practice a little each day Sometimes scientists make lists Here is a list of questions a scientist might ask 1 Does chocolate taste good to porpoises 2 Can you see Hawaii from outer space
