Don’t Stay Up So Late

R.J. said, “Yeah, yeah, what he said.”

In a quick flash I said, “Good, you guys need to help me and A’Nya find Mr. Carney. We will ditch school during the middle of workshops, when everyone is talking with their group and everything is really loud, and no one’s paying any attention to anything besides their group.”

“Okay,” said A’Nya.

“Okay,” said R.J.

“But can we go to the cafeteria first to get some food from Mrs. Cathey, like some bagels with cream cheese?” asked Hunter.

“No,” said R.J. “It is not a good time right now, and we need to solve the Mystery of, umm…?”

“We need to solve the Mystery of the Missing Principal, and I know just the place to look!” I said.

“Where?” said everyone else.

“The Lair of Firehead Hailey,” I said. “Now come on, let’s go.”

So we all went off into the deep places, in the deep dark woods, toward Nancy Park, and right past Nancy Park, there was a deep, dark, scary forest with smoke coming out of the grass and tree stumps all over the place. All of a sudden, all of us saw something, and it was Mr. Carney being yelled at by Firehead Hailey. She was saying, “Why did you get the job as the principal and not me? I would have made a way better principal than you, because I would have tortured the students to be my minions and servants and do everything for me!”

Mr. Carney said, “That is not how I teach kids at Erickson Elementary, and you shouldn’t treat them like that either. Besides, they are only in first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grade, so I think I got the job as the principal because I was more caring and thoughtful