The Questioneers Book 1: Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters
For Anna and Alexandra I love you A B For Chad W BEckerman D R
Squirt PREASURE PRESSURE Tube do Snakes like ketchup Snake
Chapter 1 Rosie Revere put on her safety goggles Are you ready she asked Ready said Ada Twist Ready said Iggy Peck They signaled the thumbs-up from behind the kitchen counter Here goes said Rosie She hit the big red button on the Count-o meter A scratchy computer voice blared from its speaker
COUNTDOWN FIVE Rosie ducked into her safety booth FOUR She flipped open her notebook THREE She pulled her pencil from behind her ear TWO Suddenly Gizmo flew into the kitchen and landed on the contraption DUCK yelled Rosie Gizmo chirped angrily I know you’re not a duck yelled Rosie ONE The three kids dived for Gizmo just as BOOM The contraption exploded SPLAT SPLOP SPLURP Sticky red glops of ketchup flew everywhere But Gizmo zoomed ahead of the storm She 2