by R. L. Stine
He “acked” for another five or six minutes. Then he did some very loud spitting into a wastebasket.
Finally he sat down. “I think I’m back to normal,” he said. His lips were black, and so were his teeth.
“Lookin’ good,” I said.
Why worry the poor guy?
“About my yearbook photo…” I started.
“Not now,” Blower said, shaking his head. “I’m totally thinking about one thing. The Most Popular Rotten Egg.”
I stared at him. “The what?”
“The yearbook is a hundred years old,” he said. “Back then they had the Most Popular Rotten Egg page. They picked the most popular Rotten Student of the year, and the student was named Most Popular Rotten Egg. The student got a whole page in the yearbook all to himself. For the yearbook’s hundredth birthday, we’re bringing back the tradition.”
“Wow! That’s excellent!” I cried. I slapped Blower on the back. “This is so sudden. I didn’t even know you were thinking of me. But I gladly accept. Shall we take the picture now?”
He stuck out his tongue. “Is my tongue black?”
“Maybe a little,” I said. “I’m so excited about the Rotten Egg award.”
“Bernie, I haven’t decided who wins it,” Blower said. “It’s a very big responsibility. I’m taking it seriously.”
“You won’t be sorry,” I said. “I’m too modest to say it, but everyone knows that Bernie B. is the most popular dude around here.”
“I have to take my time and think hard about it,” Blower said. “And I have to discuss it with Mr. Pupipantz, the yearbook adviser.”
“I can pose tomorrow afternoon,” I told him. “Let me get a haircut first. That’ll give you time to talk it over.”
Blower scratched his hair. “I’m not so sure you’re the winner, Bernie. After all, Sherman Oaks just gave me this video iPod with two hundred movies. That makes him very popular with me!”
I gasped. That spoiled rich kid Sherman Oaks was up to his old tricks….
About the Author
R.L. Stine graduated from Rotten School with a solid D+ average, which put him at the top of his class. He says that his favorite activities at school were Scratching Body Parts and Making Armpit Noises.
In sixth grade, R.L. won the school Athletic Award for his performance in the Wedgie Championships. Unfortunately, after the tournament, his underpants had to be surgically removed.
After graduation, R.L. became well known for writing scary book series such as The Nightmare Room, Fear Street, Goosebumps, and Mostly Ghostly, and a short story collection called Beware!
Today, R.L. lives in New York City, where he is busy writing stories about his school days.
For more information about R.L. Stine, go to www.rottenschool.com and www.rlstine.com
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Copyright
ROTTEN SCHOOL #12: BATTLE OF THE DUM DIDDYS. Copyright © 2007 by Parachute Publishing, L.L.C. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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ISBN-10: 0-06-078833-X (trade bdg.)—ISBN-10: 0-06-078834-8 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-078833-9 (trade bdg.)—ISBN-13: 978-0-06-078834-6 (lib. bdg.)
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