Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book Series (27 page)

At first X thought Mom was playihg some kihd
of
practical joke oh me, because this sweater was the same kihd we bought
for
our GiVihg Tree guy.

But Mom seemed pretty cohfused, too. She Said she DID buy me a video game, ahd that she h«d ho idea what the sweater was doihg ih my box.

A^d theh X ■figured it out. X told Mom there must have beeh some kihd of mix-up, arid I got the Giving Tree guy s gift, and he got mihe.

Mom said she used the same kihd of wrapping paper for both of our gifts, so she must've writteh the wrohg names oh the tags.

But theh Mom said that this was really a good +hihg, because +he Giving Tree guy was probably really happy he go+ such « great gift.

X had +o explaih +ha+ you heed a game sys+em and a TV +o play Twis+ed VJixard, So -the gane was +o+aiy useless +o him.

E-Veh -though my Chris+mas was ho-t goihg -tha+ grea+, X m sure i+ was goihg a whole lo+ worse ■for -the Giving Tree guy.

X kind
of
decided +0 -throw in -the -towel
for
-this Chris+mas, and X headed up +0 Rowleys house.

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X forgot +o ge+ a
gif
-+
for
Rowley, so X jus+ slaved a t>ow oh +ke "Uil Co+ie” took Rod rick ^ave me.

Ahd +ka+ seemed +o do +ke -trick.

Rowley’s pareh+s kave a lo+
of
mohey, so X cah always couh+ oh +kem
for
a ^ood ^i-ft.

But Rowley said +ka+ +kis year ke picked ou+ my ^ift kimsel/. Tkeh ke t>rougk+ me ou+side +o skow me wka+ i+ was.

From +ke way Rowley was ky^ihg kis preseht, X +kou^k+ ke mus+ kave ^o++eh me a ki^-screeh TV or a mo+orcycle or some+kih^.

But once a

Rowley 30+ me a Bi^ VJkeel. X ^uess X would K«Ve +kougk+ +Kis was a cool gift wkeh X was ih +Ke +KirJ ^rade, bu+ X k«ve ho idea wKa+ Xm supposed +o do wi+K ohe how.

Rowley was so eh+kusias+ic aboi/+ i+ +ka+ X +ried my t>es+ +o ac+ like X was kappy ahyway.

VJe weh+ back inside, ahd Rowley showed me kiS Ckris+mas loo+.

He Sure 30+ a lo+ nore s+u# X did. He eVeh 30+ Twis+eJ Vliiard, so a+ leas+ X cah play i+ w^eh X cone up +0 his house. Xh*+ is, uh+il Rowleys
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ad •fihds ou+ how violeh+ i+ is.

A^d toy, you have hever seeh soneohe as happy as Rowley wi+h his "L’il Cu+ie” took. H*s non said i+ was -me ohly -f^irvg oh his lis+ +ha+ Ke didh+ 36+.

Well, Xn ^lad SOMEONE 30+ wha+ -they wah+ed +oday.