Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book Series (16 page)

VJe deeded to head tome. Vie made u^> a lot
of time after Pad ahd Mahhy left, so X was pretty satisfied with tow muct cahdy we took ih.

Vlteh we were talfway tome, this pickup truck came roarihg dowh tte street witt a buhch of high school kids ih it.

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"The kul in -the bock
was
holding « -fire extinguisher, and when -the truck passed by us, he opened 6re.

X h«Ve to give Rowley credit, because he blocked about
%% of
the water with his shield* And
if he hadn’t done that, all our candy would have gotten soaked*

VJhen the truck drove away,
X
yelled out southing that
X
regretted about two seconds later.

WE'RE
N

CALLING

THE

“Ike driver slammed oh +ke brakes ahd ke Turhed Ws +rock aroohd. Me ahd Rowley s+ar+ed rohhihg, bo+ +kose ^oys were ricjk+ oh oor Keels.

Ike ohly ^>lace
X
coold ikihk of +ka+ was Safe was Grammas kooSe, so we co+ +kroo^k a cookie backyards +o ^e+ -tkere. Gramma was ih bed already, bo+
X
khew ske kee^>s a key ohder +ke ma+ oh ker froh+ porck.

Ohce we
30+
ihside,
X
looked out +ke wihdow +o see if
+kose guys kad followed os, ahd Sore ehoo^k, +key did.
X
"Wed +o -trick +kem ih+o leavihg, bo+ +key wooldh’+ bod^e.

WELL, I GUESS NOW > THAT WE'RE SAFE IN OUR OWN HOUSE, YOU CANT GET US!
J

After
a
wkile, we realized +ke teenagers were ^oin^ to wait
us
oo+, so we decided we were jo$+ ^onna kaVe +o S^end +ke ru^k+ a+ Gramma’s. "Tka+s wken we s+ar+ed ^e++ih^ cocky, making monkey noises a+ +ke +eena^ers and wka+r\o+.

Vlell, a+ leas+
X
was making monkey noises. Rowley was kind of making owl noises, ko+
X ^oess >+ was +ke same general idea.

X called Mom +o +ell ker we were ^oin^ +o crask a+ Grammas for +ke ni

Ske said 1+ was a sckool ni^k+, and +ka+ we kad +o ge+ kome rlgk+ +ka+ ins+an+. So +ka+ mean+ we were

X looked oo+ the window, and this time, X didn't see the +rock. Bot X knew those ^oys were hiding somewhere and were jost -trying to draw os oo+.

So we snock oot the back door, hooped over Grammas -fence, and ran all the way to Snake Road. X floored oor chances were better +here becaose there aren’t any streetlights.

Snake Road is scary enoo^h on its own wi+hoot having a trockload of teenagers hon+in^ yoo down. E-Very time we saw a car coming, we dove into the boshes. X+ mos+Ve taken os a half hoor to
op
100 yards.

Bu+ believe 1+ or ho+, we nude 1+ oil the wa^ home wi+Kooi yttihg cao^bii. hlel+her ohe
of
us le+
our
^uard dowin uh+il we rry
driveway.

Bu+ ri^hi +Keh, -there was -this awful scream, ahof
wa+er conlhg -toward us.

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