at the circus.
I ran into my cage and closed the door behind me.
Seconds later, I heard the sounds of the family returning.
Simon burst into the kitchen and shouted, ‘Humphrey, we saw a rainbow! I’m sorry you missed it.’
‘Not a problem,’ I said as I burrowed into my bedding and quickly fell asleep.
14 On with the Show
I’m always HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY to get back to Room 26, but that Monday, I was even more excited than usual. I wanted to tell Og about the circus decorations and the rainbow! I hoped maybe he’d seen it, too.
But as soon as Simon put my cage on the table, Og began to leap up and down. ‘BOING-BOING-BOING!’ he said.
He leaped so high, I thought he was going to pop the top of his tank.
‘Goodness,’ Mrs Brisbane said. ‘What is going on with Og?’
Simon was still standing near us, and he gasped loudly. ‘Mrs Brisbane, come here quick!’He was staring at the tadpoles.
Mrs Brisbane gasped, too, when she joined him. ‘Oh, my!’ she said.
‘BOING!!’ Og twanged.
‘Their heads are so much bigger,’ our teacher said.
‘And look.’ Simon pointed. ‘Their bodies are much longer. Their tails, too.’
‘BOING-BOING-BOING-BOING!’ Og repeated.
‘All right, Uncle Og,’ Simon said. ‘We see what happened.’
Other students came into the classroom and gathered around.
‘Flip and Flap look more like frogs,’ Rosie said.
‘Right on schedule,’ Just-Joey said. ‘According to the booklet, it won’t be long now before they’re real frogs.’
I wished my friends weren’t all crowded around the tank, because I couldn’t get a good look at the tadpoles.
‘A-MAZ-ING!’ Tell-the-Truth-Thomas said.
‘BOING!’ Og agreed.
Mrs Brisbane turned to her students.‘Speaking of amazing things, did any of you see the rainbow on Saturday?’
‘YES-YES-YES!’ I squeaked.
‘BOING!’ I guess Og had seen it, too. And so had almost all of my friends.
Mrs Brisbane had planned to start the day with maths, but instead she sent the class to the library to look up facts about rainbows and tadpoles. It takes a really great teacher to change her plans when her students get excited about something.
When they returned, they shared what they had learned.
According to Helpful-Holly, rainbows are caused by light bouncing off water droplets. That’s where the rain part comes in.
And Small-Paul explained that the colours of the rainbow are in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. I wished I’d paid more attention.
‘That’s Roy G. Biv!’ Nicole shouted.
Paul nodded and said, ‘The letters of his name stand for the colours of the rainbow.’
I think every time I see a rainbow from now on, I’ll think of Roy G. Biv.
Joey talked more about tadpole development. Some tadpoles take even longer to grow into frogs than Flip and Flap.
Our headmaster, Mr Morales, visited our classroom to see the tadpoles. He was wearing a tie with small, colourful rainbows on it.
‘I wish my children could see the tadpoles,’ he said.
‘What about seeing us?’ I squeaked.
‘BOING!’ Og agreed.
‘That reminds me of something,’ Mrs Brisbane said. ‘The students would like to have Humphrey and Og at their booth on Thursday. As long as it’s all right with you.’
‘Of course!’ he said. ‘I’ll bring Willy and Brenda along to see them.’
It was one of the busiest weeks I’ve ever known in Room 26.
One day, Mrs Brisbane showed the class the list of jobs for Family Fun Night. There would be ringmasters and ringmistresses, ticket takers, prize givers, and students to help people through the maze and run the leapfrog competition.
Then she went down the list and drewstudents’ names out of a big top hat. The hat was the same one that the ringmasters and ringmistresses would wear.
Felipe, Kelsey and Nicole were excited to run the leapfrog game.
Daniel, Holly and Tall-Paul would help at the hamster maze.
Joey, Rosie, Sophie, Thomas and Cassie were going to be
I ran into my cage and closed the door behind me.
Seconds later, I heard the sounds of the family returning.
Simon burst into the kitchen and shouted, ‘Humphrey, we saw a rainbow! I’m sorry you missed it.’
‘Not a problem,’ I said as I burrowed into my bedding and quickly fell asleep.
14 On with the Show
I’m always HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY to get back to Room 26, but that Monday, I was even more excited than usual. I wanted to tell Og about the circus decorations and the rainbow! I hoped maybe he’d seen it, too.
But as soon as Simon put my cage on the table, Og began to leap up and down. ‘BOING-BOING-BOING!’ he said.
He leaped so high, I thought he was going to pop the top of his tank.
‘Goodness,’ Mrs Brisbane said. ‘What is going on with Og?’
Simon was still standing near us, and he gasped loudly. ‘Mrs Brisbane, come here quick!’He was staring at the tadpoles.
Mrs Brisbane gasped, too, when she joined him. ‘Oh, my!’ she said.
‘BOING!!’ Og twanged.
‘Their heads are so much bigger,’ our teacher said.
‘And look.’ Simon pointed. ‘Their bodies are much longer. Their tails, too.’
‘BOING-BOING-BOING-BOING!’ Og repeated.
‘All right, Uncle Og,’ Simon said. ‘We see what happened.’
Other students came into the classroom and gathered around.
‘Flip and Flap look more like frogs,’ Rosie said.
‘Right on schedule,’ Just-Joey said. ‘According to the booklet, it won’t be long now before they’re real frogs.’
I wished my friends weren’t all crowded around the tank, because I couldn’t get a good look at the tadpoles.
‘A-MAZ-ING!’ Tell-the-Truth-Thomas said.
‘BOING!’ Og agreed.
Mrs Brisbane turned to her students.‘Speaking of amazing things, did any of you see the rainbow on Saturday?’
‘YES-YES-YES!’ I squeaked.
‘BOING!’ I guess Og had seen it, too. And so had almost all of my friends.
Mrs Brisbane had planned to start the day with maths, but instead she sent the class to the library to look up facts about rainbows and tadpoles. It takes a really great teacher to change her plans when her students get excited about something.
When they returned, they shared what they had learned.
According to Helpful-Holly, rainbows are caused by light bouncing off water droplets. That’s where the rain part comes in.
And Small-Paul explained that the colours of the rainbow are in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. I wished I’d paid more attention.
‘That’s Roy G. Biv!’ Nicole shouted.
Paul nodded and said, ‘The letters of his name stand for the colours of the rainbow.’
I think every time I see a rainbow from now on, I’ll think of Roy G. Biv.
Joey talked more about tadpole development. Some tadpoles take even longer to grow into frogs than Flip and Flap.
Our headmaster, Mr Morales, visited our classroom to see the tadpoles. He was wearing a tie with small, colourful rainbows on it.
‘I wish my children could see the tadpoles,’ he said.
‘What about seeing us?’ I squeaked.
‘BOING!’ Og agreed.
‘That reminds me of something,’ Mrs Brisbane said. ‘The students would like to have Humphrey and Og at their booth on Thursday. As long as it’s all right with you.’
‘Of course!’ he said. ‘I’ll bring Willy and Brenda along to see them.’
It was one of the busiest weeks I’ve ever known in Room 26.
One day, Mrs Brisbane showed the class the list of jobs for Family Fun Night. There would be ringmasters and ringmistresses, ticket takers, prize givers, and students to help people through the maze and run the leapfrog competition.
Then she went down the list and drewstudents’ names out of a big top hat. The hat was the same one that the ringmasters and ringmistresses would wear.
Felipe, Kelsey and Nicole were excited to run the leapfrog game.
Daniel, Holly and Tall-Paul would help at the hamster maze.
Joey, Rosie, Sophie, Thomas and Cassie were going to be
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