Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book Series (22 page)

”TKa+ means X kaVe to go +0 a two-kour practice every (Jay just so X can say one stupid word.

Xm starting +0 tk

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So now X'ni trying +0 tkink o-f ways +0 get Mrs. Morton to kick me out
of
tke ^>lay. But wken you only Kave one word to say, it’s really kard to mess uy> your I

10Z

DECEMBER

"Thursday

"The play is only a cookie
of
d
ays
away, arid X have no idea how were ^oihg io poll -this ihn^
off.

Firsi
of
all j nobody bias boihered io learn -their lines, and ihai’s all Mrs. Mor+on’s {aoli.

Poring rehearsal, Mrs. Morion whispers everyone’s lines io ihem
from
ihe side
of
ihe sia^e.

X wonder how ii’s ^oing io 30 nexi "Tuesday when Mrs. Morion is siiiin^ ai her piano ihiriy feei away.

A*v>iker ikihg ikai’s screwih^ everyikihg up is ikai Mrs. kiorioh keeps adding hew scenes and hew ckaraciers.

Yesierday, ske krou^ki ih ikiS krsi-^rader +o play Poroiky’s do^, Toio. Bui ioday, ike kid’s mom came ih ahd Said ske wah+ed ker ckild io walk arouhd oh -two le^S, kecause crawling arouhd oh all
fours
would ke ioo "degrading."

So how weVe 30+ a dog ikais gohha ke walkihg arouhd oh kis ki*vl legs
for
ike wkole skow.

Bui ike worsi ckahge is ikai Mrs. Nlortoh acioally wroie a sohg ikai us TREES kaVe io sihg.

Ske said eVeryohe "deserves” a ckahce io sihg ih ike play.

So today we Spent oh hour learning the worst song that's ever teen written.

Thank God Rodr.ck won’t te in the audience to see me humiliate mysel/. Mrs. Horton said the play is going to te a semi/ormal occasion," and I know there’s no way Rod rick is going to wear a tie /or a middle school play.

But today wasn’t all tad. Toward the end
of practice, Archie Kelly tripped over Rodney James and chipped his tooth tecause he couldnt stick his arms out to treak his /all.

So +He 300

'Tuesday

T*>igH+ was +He big scHool pro4
ia+ -tWhgs were hot going -to go well Happened before
4
ie pla^ eveh S+arW.

X was peeking +HroogH +He cor+aih +0 cHeck 00+

How nary people showed op +0 See +He pla^, and guess wHo was S+ahdihg rigH+ op froh+? bro+Her Rod rick, wearihg a dip-oh +ie.