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
next to her nose just in case Ms Aruba-Tate needed an extra hint Ms Aruba-Tate looked at MacAdam too Then she put down her book and came over to Bean’s table I brought this from home especially for you Bean she said holding out a big shiny book See she pointed at the cover It’s The Amazing Book of World Records I think you’ll like it Bean wasn’t sure What’s a world record When someone does something better or longer or weirder than anyone else in the whole world that means they’ve set a world record Weirder Bean asked That sounded interesting 12
Ms Aruba-Tate smiled There’s a man in here who walked on his hands for eight hundred hundred and seventy miles You mean on his hands and knees Like a baby No Just on his hands With his feet in the air said Ms Aruba-Tate No way Read the book You’ll see Ms Aruba-Tate returned to her chair Bean opened the shiny cover On the very first
