Rocks someone else said Wendy called out Weather A boy with in a striped shirt groaned He shoved Dennis and said Oh no not another one Wendy wondered what he meant Then Jessica raised her hand I vote for weather too Dennis pulled a notebook from his back pocket I have experiments for any type of weather We could make a tornado and a rain gauge and create lightning and make snow and Mr Andrews nodded Very exciting Dennis He pointed to the poster on the wall Inside big circles on the poster were pictures of lightning tornadoes hail and more I had planned a weather unit for next month but maybe we could do it early What should we start with 8
Wendy raised her hand again My dad is a storm spotter A boy by Dennis laughed He paints spots on storms Dennis folded his arms No Austin That means he goes out in storms and looks for tornadoes and stuff and tells the weather service so they can warn people That sounds scary a girl said Mr Andrews wiggled his eyebrows Yes it is a little scary Tanya But it’s very important and helps a lot of people get information so they can stay safe Wendy stared at her classmates Couldn’t they see how exciting weather could be I’ve been studying the weather service’s predictions for our area this year she shared They’re expecting us to have a late severe storm season Maybe even tornadoes 9
Mr Andrews agreed they would talk about tornadoes during science station time that first week For homework I want everyone to bring a word used with tornadoes to class tomorrow Mr Andrews announced Tell us the word and what it means Wendy could think of a long list of words Which one should she pick She could tell she was going to love Mr Andrews’s class After school Wendy walked beside Jessica as they followed their teacher outside to wait for the buses Do you want to come to my house Wendy asked We could talk about our homework And I have a surprise at my house Especially if you like weather Jessica rubbed at the freckles on her nose That would be great Dennis stood in line behind them 10
Hey I’m a weather nut too he said Can I come Wendy thought a minute Sure I didn’t have any friends at my last school who loved weather stuff like me Dennis nodded Yeah no one in my class last year liked it They used to call me Mr Weather Kid He crossed his eyes and Wendy laughed Jessica and Dennis agreed to ask their parents if they could come over after dinner Wendy couldn’t wait to show them her weather station in her backyard She bet no one else in school had their own weather station Maybe Jessica and Dennis could come over every day and talk about weather She snapped her fingers She had an idea A great idea 11
