The Rat with the Human Face

The Rat with the Human Face — page 1 — Why An important note to the reader from Tom Angleberger This is the second of three stacks of papers this guy found in a storage room at the old Qwikpick gas station in Crickenburg The guy who asked me not to use his name called me because one of my old newspaper articles was in the first stack You know I was a reporter before I wrote the Origami Yoda books right That article was about a sewage treatment plant and apparently it gave some kids the idea to sneak into the plant If they had asked me I would have told them not to because it is a dangerous and b stinks to high heaven Anyway the kids whose names are Lyle Dave and Marilla actually went to see it and smell it And they wrote a whole Official Report about it Then they left the report at the Qwikpick and after I got it we published it under the name The Qwikpick Papers Poop Fountain But here's the thing that was just the FIRST official report on the stack There were three And this is the second one I think we'll call this one The Qwikpick Papers The Rat with the Human Face

The Rat with the Human Face — page 2 — both Well because it's about a rat with a human face Maybe You'll have to read it to find out But before you read it let me remind you that all this happened a long time ago It was actually in the year 2000 and things were different back then If these kids had had iPhones or smartphones like we do now then their whole adventure would have been less dangerous They would have downloaded flashlight apps onto their phones instead of stumbling around in the dark And they could have called someone for help instead of being trapped in a disgusting basement possibly forever But they didn't have phones All they had was a watch and a camera And even that camera isn't like the ones you have today Those cameras took forever to charge the flash they showed you your picture on a teeny tiny screen and they drained batteries so fast it wasn't funny or cheap Plus they were about five times bigger and heavier than you'd think and the pictures were about 500 times worse So now you know what you need to know to read this Official Report but promise me you won't do anything this crazy yourself I mean these kids were a little bit nuts And they're lucky they didn't starve get rabies or

The Rat with the Human Face — page 3 — But if they had they wouldn't have been able to produce this Official Report for us to read And even though I STILL haven't been able to track them down I think they would be glad to know we're reading about their crazy adventure So enjoy this the second stack of crazy papers found by an anonymous dude at the Qwikpick also known as The Qwikpick Papers Tom Angleberger

The Rat with the Human Face — page 4 — THE QUIKPICK PAPERS The off icial report of The Qwikpick Adventure Society’s expedition to find the Rat with the Human Face The Qwikpick

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