How could I go to school and just leave him this way? What if he needed my help?
Surely this was a valid reason to stay home, at least for a little while!
My father tried to assure me that hatching out could take all day and that there’d be plenty of action left after school, but I’d have none of that.
Oh, no-no-no! I wanted to see Abby and Bonnie and Clyde and Dexter and Eunice and Florence come into the world.
Every single one of them. “I can’t miss the hatch!” I told him. “Not even a second of it!”
“So take it to school with you,” my mother said. “Mrs. Brubeck shouldn’t mind. After all, this was her idea.”
Sometimes it pays to have a sensible mother. I’d just set up for the science fair early, that’s what I’d do!
I packed up my entire operation, posters, charts, and all, and got a ride to school from my mom.
Mrs. Brubeck didn’t mind a bit. She was so busy helping kids with their projects that I got to spend nearly the entire day watching the hatch.
Clyde and Bonnie were the first ones out. It was disappointing at first
because they just lay there all wet and matted, looking exhausted and ugly.
But by the time Abby and Dexter broke out, Bonnie and Clyde were fluffing up, looking for action.
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