I bet Ivy’s never seen a sphynx cat thought Bean She knew she wasn’t supposed to talk during Drop Everything and Read so she poked Ivy in the ribs Ivy’s eyes were binging across the pages of her book Bing bing bing She looked like she was watching a Ping-Pong game She didn’t even notice Bean So Bean poked her again Hey she whis pered Earth to Ivy 8
Hmm Ivy mumbled Looky here It’s a dog-rat Bean whispered whispered louder Ivy looked for a little tiny second Oh she said and went back to reading Bean sighed again All the other kids in Ms Aruba-Tate’s second-grade classroom were bent over their books Even Eric who usually fell out of his chair two or three times during Drop Everything and Read 9
was quiet He had a book about man-eating sharks MacAdam was picking his nose Bean raised her hand Ms Aruba-Tate didn’t see because she was reading too so Bean called out Ms Aruba-Tate
Shhh whispered Ms Aruba-Tate What is it Bean There’s a problem and it starts with M began Bean looking hard at MacAdam And then N and P She wiggled her finger
