that of different instruments And Morgan was my partner I think this belongs to you Morgan said holding up a piece of paper that had been sandwiched between my pages of sheet music Of course it was mine Colby Ellis was written on it in my very own handwriting Right below Top Secret Thanks I reached for it before Morgan got a good look at everything else written on the page She must be one of those super speed-reading kids who can read like 1,000 words in one minute Because before I could snatch it away Morgan said Worn Tread Tirez Static Brakez Right Turn Signalz What are you a mechanic or something she asked No I said sounding a little more defensive than I meant to Morgan didn't seem to notice though I got it she went on You're a race car driver Right
Then she made these kind of annoying racetrack sounds Wrong again I said It's nothing Seriously I grabbed for the paper a second time But Morgan pulled it away I felt like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football only Morgan was my Lucy She kept pulling it out from under me It must be something important Morgan said since you don't want me to read it Really it isn't I held out my hand Can I please just have my paper back
Morgan finally handed it over Sure But here's a tip FYI you don't make words plural by adding a z to the end What are you talking about I'm talking about the way you wrote tirez brakez and signalz It's all misspelled You're supposed to add an s to the end of words to make them plural not a z I was about to give Morgan a little FYI of my own I don't care but Mr Byrd came over Colby Morgan how's it going he asked Good sir Morgan said I wouldn't exactly say things were good So far Morgan had knocked over my sheet music read my top secret note and basically told me I'm a lousy speller I wanted to switch partners But Mr Byrd went on Excellent So here's what I want you to do Morgan you'll play an F concert pitch by yourself Colby you will too Then you'll both play the same note together
Mr Byrd pointed at Morgan And go So Morgan played an F note on her clarinet Mr Byrd nodded Colby it's your turn I blew into my saxophone's mouthpiece and played my note too And together he said pumping his fist into the air When we were finished Morgan said Your cheeks were too puffy Colby Try firming them a little more Great Now Morgan was giving me a hard time about my saxophone skills too And to make it even worse she did it right in front of Mr Byrd I didn't want to look bad in front of my band director Who would Anyway Mr Byrd apparently thought Morgan was some kind of junior high band genius He smiled and said I'm impressed that you noticed Morgan And this is exactly the kind of communication building exercise that I hoped for
