Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book Series (21 page)

Mom said +he ohly way X was goihg +o be "well-rouhded" was by -tryihg differeh+ -thihgs.

Pad came ih my room -to see wha+ was goihg oh.

X +old Pad +Ka+ Mom was makihg me Sigh up -for -the school play, ahd +ha+ if X had -to S+ar+ goihg +o play prac+ices, i+ would -to+ally mess up my weigh+-lif"tihg schedule.

X khew that would make Pad -take my side. Pad ahd Mom argued ■for a few mihu+es, bu+ Pad was ho ma+ch for Mom.

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So +ha+ meahS -tomorrow Xve go+ +o audi+ioh for -the school play.

Friday

"(he ploy +hey re doihg -this year is "'The VJiiard of
Oi.“
A lo+ of kids came wearing cos+umes for -the parts -they were -tryihg ou-t for.

Mrs. Nor+on, +He music director, mad sin^ "My Couh+ry
‘%s of
lliee" so s

bunch
of
o+ner boys wnose moms made -ther 'te, -too. X "tried +o sin^ as ^uie-Hy as poss +
of
course X 30+ singled ou+, anyway. |/'WHAr~A
s
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X have no idea wha+ a “soprano” is, bo+ from the way some of +he ^irls were ^i^glin^, X knew i+ wasn’+ a ^©od +hin^.

Tryoi/+s went on forever. XVie ^rand finale came wi+K audi+ions for Poro+hy, who X 31/ess is the lead cKarac+er in +he play.

And who should +ry oo+ firs+ bo+ Pa++y Farrell.

X +Kou^K+ about trying oo+ for the part of the VJi+ch, because X heard that in the play, the Vli+ch does all sor+s of mean things +o Poro+hy.

But then somebody +old me theres a Good VJi+ch and a Bad VJi+ch, and wi+h my lock, Xd end op getting picked +o be the good one.

Monday

X was Mrs. Norton would just cu+ me -from

the play, but today she said that everyone who +ried out
is
301^3 to ^ei a part. So lucky me.

Mrs. hS orton showed "Xhe Vizard
of
Oz" moVie so everyone would know the story. X was trylhg +o ■figure out what part X should play, but pretty much every character Kas to sih^ or dance at one point or another. But about Kal-fway thrcn^h the movie, X •figured out what part X wanted to si^n up for. X’m 301^3 +0 si^n up +0 fee a Tree, because 1) they don’t have +0 sin3 and 2) they 36+ +0 bean Porothy with apples.

Getting +o feg Patty Farrell with apples in front of a live audience would be my dream come true. X may actually have +o thank Mom for making me do this play once its all over.

After the movie ended; X signed uf) to k « Tee. Unfortunately, a bunch of other ^uys had the same idea as me, so X guess there are a lot of guys who have a bone to pick with Patty Farrell.

Vlcdnesday

Well, like Mom always says, be careful what you wish for.
X
got picked to be a Tree, but
X don’t know if that’s such a ^ood thing. Xhe Tree costumes don’t actually have arm holes, so X
gvess that rules out any apple-throwing.

X should probably ■feel lucky +h«+ X 30+ a speak^ pari a+ all. "They had +00 mahy kids +ryi'h3 ou+, and no+ enough roles, so +hey had +0 s+ar+ makin3 up charac+ers.

Rodney James +ried ou+ +0 be +he Xn Man, bu+ he 30+ s+uck wf+h beih3 +he Shrub.

Friday

Remember how X said X was lucky +0 3e+ a speaki^ part? Vlell, +oday X found out X only have one line in +he whole play. X Say i+ when Poro+hy picks an apple off my branch