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rything that's out there? No!”
Mike and Matt were grinning at each other。 “Mystery Pisser! That could be the name for our
band!”
“Yeah! Cool!”
“Band?” my mother asked。 “Wait a minute; what band?” But they were already flying down to
their room; laughing about the possibilities for a
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logo。
My father and I spent the rest of the day sniffing out and destroying criminal evidence。 My
dad used a spray bottle of ammonia; I followed up with
Lysol。 We did try to recruit my brothers; but they wound up getting into a spray…bottle fight;
which got them locked in their room; which; of course;
was fine with them。
So Champ became an outside dog; and he might have been our only pet ever if it hadn't
been for my fifth…grade science fair。
Everyone around me had great project ideas; but I couldn't seem to e up with one。 Then
our teacher; Mrs。 Brubeck; took me aside and told
me about a friend of hers who had chickens; and how she could get me a fertilized egg for
my project。
“But I don't know anything about hatching an egg;” I told her。
She smiled and put her arm around my shoulders。 “You don't have to be an immediate
expert at everything; Juli。 The idea here is to learn
something new。”
“But what if it dies?”
“Then it dies。 Document your work scientifically and you'll still get an A; if that's what you're
wor
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