ONE Welcome to Smellville Middle School everyone I'm Adam Bomb and I'm about to e x p l o d e with excitement I'm here at the science fair in the gym to cheer on my friend Rob Slob I think Rob is about to win first prize with his Strange Minerals display I had high hopes for my science project It was a Rube Goldberg conveyor belt machine for washing your cat A few minutes ago Mrs. Hooping Koff our teacher walked up to my display Let's see how it works It's simple I told her as I pulled a cat from a carton on the floor I attach the cat to this conveyor belt The belt moves forward Then soap and water pours out from this hose Hey that looks just like my cat Mrs. Hooping Koff exclaimed It is your cat I said I don't have a cat You should have asked me if you wanted to borrow Fluffy she said I asked Fluffy I replied Fluffy seemed okay with it Mrs. Hooping Koff did not seem okay with it
I tied the cat to the conveyor belt Now watch this I said and flipped the switch The belt started to move Fluffy slid forward Soapy water squirted from the hose YAAAAAAAOWWWWWW I saw the problem The spin cycle was stuck YAAAAAAAOWWWWWW I flipped the switch again but nothing happened YAAAAAAAOWWWWWW Mrs Hooping-Koff started screaming Somebody help Heelllp It took three people to pull Fluffy out of the machine She was okay though She still had a little fur on her body Mostly on her legs At least she’s really clean I said Mrs Hooping-Koff grabbed the cat and scowled at me Adam don’t ever speak to me again I knew she was joking But I didn’t really get the joke
CAT WASHER
TWO Our friend Handy Sandy had a good project too Her science entry was called The Effects of Dropping Water Balloons on Teachers Heads Sandy climbed up to the gym balcony and dropped colorful water balloons on our teachers PLOP PLOP SPLASSSSH PLOP Ha ha I never knew Sandy had such good aim It was a fun science experiment But the teachers weren’t impressed Mrs Hooping-Koff made Sandy get a towel and dry everyone off She then had to sit in Principal Grunt’s office for the rest of the day So goodbye Handy Sandy She was out of the running Now I’m waiting with Rob Slob Mrs Hooping-Koff will come to Rob soon Right now she is across the aisle judging the project by Peter and Patty Perfect I can tell Rob Slob is nervous He normally smells like garbage But when he gets tense he smells like garbage and a lot of other things you don’t want to think about The poor guy can’t help it He thinks he’ll take a bath sometime and maybe that will help
