You've probably heard people say that two heads are better than one but I say why stop at two The more brains the better as long as you follow these simple rules one Keep it to just one brain per head to avoid overcrowding two Don't bother asking Gertie clones 47
through eight for their opinions if your question isn't about fondue they have nothing helpful to say I'm the OG that's Original Gertie and as custodian of Newville Elementary I'm surrounded by lots of different brains every day When I ask a goat a tentacle monster and a couple hundred kids to brainstorm I get a small rain cloud that clears away by recess and a downpour of amazing ideas Each one is different from anything I'd ever think of which is why I want to hear every bleat gurgle and voice I mean do you think Mr Noodlestrudel came up with the strike system all by himself Nope it took an entire baseball league to give him that idea But sometimes the best ideas by the biggest brains don't get heard because those brains are attached to mouths that are really small or really anxious or really full of mashed potatoes That's why it's important to open your mouth remember that your friends
want to hear what you have to say and swallow your mashed potatoes but not necessarily in that order Which brings us to today's story Meet Angie Jung a quiet girl with good friends great ideas and a secret quest to muster the courage to speak up Lunchtime in the Cafetorium presented many choices Milk or juice Sweet or dill pickles Carrot sticks that hummed and glowed yellow or carrot sticks that didn't Angie didn't like having choices Every decision came with a big What If and those What Ifs got bigger and bigger the more she thought about them What if she chose milk and her friends chose juice What if everybody thought she was weird for liking dill pickles more than sweet ones What if those carrots started humming a song that everyone else
