Arnold and Helga were out side throwing footballs at the wall. Mr. Simmons was pretending to be very mad at them so they could distract Harold. Meanwhile Mr. Wartz was doing the same thing with Phoebe and Gerald. The janitor was working on the door, but he was having trouble, since the lock fell out and the both handles were off the door.
"Is there anything we can do?" asked Mr. Wartz.
"The door will have to be taken off the hinges," informed the janitor. "And Harold had damaged the door so much, it will cost a lot of money to repair it."
"That means we'll have to buy a new door!" gasped Mr. Wartz. "Is there anything else can do?"
"It will be cheaper to buy a new door," said the janitor.
"The kids are throwing footballs at the walls to distract Harold," whispered Mr. Wartz. "Harold is watching you work on the door. I think he knows we can get the door of the hinges."
Meanwhile, Mr. Simmons was still outside with Arnold and Helga. He was going along with Arnold's plan. He had been keeping touch with Mr. Wartz by cell phone calls and text messaging.
"Okay, Arnold and Helga, I'm getting ready to get back in," informed Mr. Simmons. " Harold is paying attention to the janitor working at the door. I'm going to unlock the window. I'm going to need one of you to help me raise the window slowly. Then I want the other one of you to continue throwing footballs at the wall."
"Mr. Simmons, Arnold is better at throwing footballs, let him be the person who throws the footballs," informed Helga. "I'll help you with the window."
"Did you hear that Arnold?" asked . "You're job is to keep throwing footballs."
"What if I break something?" asked Arnold. "You'll be in the way. We've been throwing the footballs at the wall below the window."
"Throw it at different angles," suggested Helga. "That way you won't break away anything."
"I've got my keys and I'm unlocking the window," whispered Mr. Simmons. "Arnold, you can begin throwing footballs again. Helga, please help me slowly raise the window."
Arnold started throwing footballs and Helga began to help Mr. Simmons raise the window. The curtain was pulled shut, so they were able to raise the window open completely.
"Now what do we do?" whispered Helga.
"I see there is a school flag," answered Mr. Simmons. "It is by the entrance. I'll use the pole to keep the window from closing."
Helga walked over to the entrance and got the flag and the pole. She handed Mr. Simmons the flag and he put the pole in the window to keep it from closing. Mr. Simmons crawled through the window. Arnold was continuing throwing the football, he angle wasn't accurate and it went into Mr. Simmons' classroom.
"SIMMONS IS IN HERE!" cried Harold. "YOU TRICKED US, BY THROWING FOOTBALLS!"
"Harold, you're in a lot of trouble!" yelled Mr. Simmons.
The janitor had a hammer in his tool kit and he broke the glass out of window on the door. He handed Mr. Simmons the tool kit throw the broken window. quickly took the door off the hinges. Harold saw the football and aimed it at Arnold, when he threw it Helga got in the way and it hit her instead. Gerald and Phoebe were standing by the door and saw Harold throw the football.
" , Harold threw a football at Helga and it hit her really hard!" cried Phoebe.
Phoebe and Gerald ran outside to go check on Helga. Mr. Wartz went into the classroom and grabbed Harold and took him to the office. Mr. Simmons made Curly go to the office for jumping from table. As soon as Mr. Simmons sat down he saw the comic book that the rest of the class made. It was accurate and showed what Harold did. He took it to the rest of the office. Then he quickly went out side. Helga was just waking up.
"How are you feeling? "asked Mr. Simmons.
"I'm fine," answered Helga. "I had weird dream. I dreamt that I was part of Gerald's family. Timberly was my twin sister. We were five."
"You were Timberly's twin!" gasped Gerald.
"Yes," answered Helga. "I lived in your house for a day. Your dad is strict about electric bills, Jamie O is hard to get along with, and Timberly tore up your cassette tape by wraping a shiny ribbon around it."
"That was part my cassette that she tore up!" said Gerald. "That happened a long time ago. I told you about it."
"Jamie O hogged the bathroom," stated Helga.
"He does that every morning!" remarked Gerald.
"Jamie O tore up a shirt of yours," added Helga. "Then your dad told you that you could only play two songs a day."
"That happened last year," informed Gerald. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes," answered Helga. "We moved into Arnold's boarding house for awhile. But, then at the end of the day, we went back home. But, then Phoebe shook me and I woke up."
"You were just having a dream," reassured Mr. Simmons.
"All of us have had a rough day," reminded Arnold.
"Yes, we have!" declared Mr. Simmons. "We lost an afternoon of education because of the incident. But, I want to thank all four of me for helping me get back into the classroom."
"I bet Harold is in trouble!" remarked Gerald.
"Don't forget Curly," continued Phoebe.
"Oh, they are in trouble!" Mr. Simmons yelled. "Curly is getting in school detention for two weeks and Harold is getting in school detention for two months. His parents have to pay for the new door."
"How are they going to pay for it?" asked Arnold.
"He's working for Mr. Green," smiled Mr. Simmons. "It isn't going to be enjoyable. We've talked to Mr. Green and he's going make Harold clean the shop. He's going to be stricter on him. I want you all to do me a favor."
"What's that?" asked Arnold.
"Please don't remind me of this day again," requested Mr. Simmons. "The whole school knows about this. One teacher sent me a list of 100 ways to escape from a classroom. And another teacher sent me a list of 100 ways to get back into a classroom."
All of them left school for the day. When Mr. Simmons got home, he wrote about his day in his journal. Even though he didn't want the kids to know, he thought it was funny, now that the day was over. He just wasn't going to tell anyone.