Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book Series (38 page)

Bu+ some neighborhood lady saw wha+ X was doing, and she yelled a+ me from her front porch.

X+ was Mrs. Xrvine, who is friends wi+h Rowleys mom. She must have thought X was Rowley, because X was borrowing his coat. And X wasn’-t about +o correct her, either.

X forgot abou+ the whole incident uhtil today.

Anyway, Mr. VJinsky told Rowley he’s going to have +o apologize to the kindergartners tomorrow morning, and that he’s suspended
iron
Patrols ■for a week.

X
knew
X
skould prokakly just tell Mr. Vlinsky it was me wko ckased tke kids w.tk tke worms. Bui X
wash’i ready to set ike record sir aigkt just yet.
X
knew if
X
confessed,
X’d
lose my kot ckocola+e privileges. Arid tkat rigkt +kere was enougk +o make me keep (juiet -for tke time keing.

At dinner tonigkt, Mom could +ell Sometking was kotkering me, so ske came up to my room afterward to talk.

X
told ker
X
was in a tougk situation, and
X didn’t know wkat to do.

X got to give Mom credit for kow ske kandled it. Ske didn’t try to pry and get all tke details. AH ske said was tkat
X
skould try to do tke "rigkt tking," kecause it's our ckoices tkat make us wko we are.

X figure +ha+s pre++y deceh+ advice. Bo+ Xm s+ill ho+
100
% sore wha+ X’m goihg +o do +omorrow.

Thorsday

Vlell, X was op all ni^K+ ioSSih^ ahd +orhihg over +his Rowley si+wa+ioh, fco+ X fihally made op my mihd. X decided +he ri^3
+o do was +o joS+ le+ Rowley +ake ohe for +he +eam +h*s +ime aroohd.

Oh +he way home from school, X came cleah wi+h Rowley ahd +old him +he whole +ro+h aboo+ wha+ happened, ahd how i+ was me who chased +he kids wi+h +he worms.

"TVieh X told Kim tKere were lessors we could botK learn from tKis. X told Kim X learned to tie more careful about wK«t X do in front of Mrs. Xrvines Kouse, and tKat Ke learned a Valuable lesson, too, wKicK is tKis-' Be careful about wKo you lend your coat to.

'To
be Konest witK
you, my
message didn’t seem to be

Vie were su^osed to Kan^ out after scKool today, but Ke said Ke was Just ^oin^ to 30 Kome and take a na^.

X couldn’t really blame Kim. Because if X didn’t KaVe my Kot cKocolate tKis morning, X wouldn’t Kave K«d mucK energy, eitKer.

VlKeh X 30+ home, Mon was wai+ih^
for
me a+ +he frotrv+ door.

Mon +ook me out +0 ^e+ some ice cream as a special +rea+. Ar>d wha+ +his whole episode has +ao^h+ me is +ha+ ever^ ohce ih a while, i+s no+ soch a bad idea +0 lis+eh +0 yoor mo+her.