To the Savannah in my life who inspired this story And who is NOT mean in any way
Chapter One Justine stood at her desk and looked down at the list in her hand She opened her mouth to speak but the next noise did not come from her throat Instead it came from her friend Michael who sat in the middle row Snake Michael screamed from the middle row He jumped up from his desk Snake Justine had expected that Just not at this moment After all Michael was supposed to be paying attention not opening his desk All of the other students were staring at Michael instead of waiting for Justine to talk about Earth Day and what they could do to help the environment 1
Please tell me it’s a rubber snake said Mrs Howie from behind her desk Remember this is the first day of April Mrs Howie had short brown hair thick glasses and a very nice smile She was Justine’s favorite teacher Michael went back to his desk and opened the lid and looked inside Yes he said It’s a rubber snake tied to a string The string was tied to my desk top so when I opened the desk the snake jumped out at me A few of the students giggled One of them laughed very hard This was Safdar another one of Justine’s close friends You sounded like a little kid Safdar said He held his stomach because he was laughing so hard Who would fall for something like that Did you put the snake there Mrs Howie asked Safdar That was a great April Fool’s joke No Safdar said I didn’t Safdar was telling the truth Justine knew that before school started Jimmy Blatzo had snuck into 3
