Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book Series (43 page)

But everyone was lau^Kin^ at tKe comics pacje at lunch, so X picked up a copy +o see what was so

X+ was "Zoo-Vlee Mama.” Arid of course Mr. Xra didn’t change a single WORD of Rowley’s strip.

Zoo-Wee Mama by Rowley Jefferson

Xhe kids at my school are ALWAYS itching to see a fight. Me and Rowley -fried to walk away, bot those goys weren’t going +o le+ os go ontil they saw os throw some punches.

X’ve never been in a real fight before, so X didn't know bow X was supposed to stand or bold my fists or anything. A^d yoo coold tell Rowley didn't know wbat be was doing either, because be jost started prancing aroond like a leprecbaon.

X was pretty sore X coold -take Rowley in a fight, bot tbe thing -that made me nervoos was tbe fact that Rowley takes karate. X don’t know wbat kind of hocus-pocus they teacb in Rowleys karate classes, bot tbe last thing X needed was for him to lay me oot right there on the blacktop.

Before me or Rowley made a move, -there was a screechihg souhd ih -the school parkihg lo+. A kuhch of -teehagers had s-topped -their ^>icku^> -truck, and "they s+ar-ted piling ou+.

X was Jus+ ha^>py -tha-t everyorie’s a-H-eh-tioh was oh -the -teehagers ihs+ead of me ahd Rowley. But all the o-ther kids +ook off wheh -the -teehagers S+ar+ed headihg our way.

A*d +heh X realized +ha+ -these -teehagers looked awfully familiar.

"Tha-hs wheh i+ hi+ me. "These were +he same guys who chased me ahd Rowley arouhd oh Halloweeh high+, ahd -they had fihally caugh+ u^> with
us.

Bu+ before we could make a run
for
i+, we had our arms pinned behind our backs.

"Those guys wan+ed +o +each us a lesson for +aun+lng +hem on Halloween nlgh+, and +hey s+ar+ed arguing over wha+ +hey should do wl+h us.

But +o be hones+ wl+h
you,
I was more concerned abou+ some+hing else, "the Cheese was only a few fee+ from where we were s+anding on +he black+op, and 1+ was looking nas+ler +han ever.