Chapter 8 – Escaping Through the Bathroom
In the hallway, two female teachers confer. 3 yards away, SpongeBob and Sandy emerge from a yellow NO RUNNING sign. After tiptoeing a few paces, SpongeBob and Sandy gasp as a janitor's cart heads toward them. The two went stiff and drop flat. As the cart passes over, they've vanished from sight. As the janitor whistles merrily, SpongeBob and Sandy cling to the underside of a trash bin. They head toward a door.
"Come on, come on." SpongeBob said to himself. The cart turns to another area of the building. "Oh, no! No!" The janitor enters a restroom. As the janitor works at the sinks, SpongeBob and Sandy hide by a stall. Sandy spots an open window high above them. He nudges his friend, and SpongeBob sees it too, and he beams. Maybe there'll be a quicker way to get out withouy being caught.
In the stall, SpongeBob rips off a square of toilet paper, and sets it on the toilet seat. He helps Sandy onto it, and she climbs up from the toilet lever to the tank lid. She jumps over to a bar under some toilet paper. As she climbs up the wall of the stall, SpongeBob did the same, but he slips. After a while, he caught himself onto the silver bar. Sandy giggled at his unfortunate, 'accident', which makes SpongeBob's face turn red big time .
The sponge climbs up from a wall-mounted case of toilet seat covers to the top of the wall to join Sandy. The two walk backwards to the window, with Sandy slipping out quickly before being noticed. SpongeBib were just about to get out, until the janitor stops whistling and stares at the mirror.
'Wha-?" The janitor spat. The mirror reflects SpongeBob, his mouth agape in genuine concern. "What the heck?" The janitor actually wipes a stain splattered on the glass. As soon as it was clean, SpongeBob has disappeared. "Now that's better."
Outside, SpongeBob and Sandy were panting. That was a close one, and it's a good thing they weren't noticed. They look down to find Bubbles playing hopscotch, until her mother finds her.
"There you are. Come on, Bubbles. It's time to go home." Merida replied. Bubbles holds her hand as they walk to the exit, SpongeBob and Sandy scoot along the ledge. They reach a cable leading to a pair of emergency searchlights, and they hoist themselves up onto the roof.
"OK, SpongeBob, come on!" Sandy urged. They run along the roof, and they reach the edge. SpongeBob and Sandy see that a colorful painted wall is enclosed around the yard.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blows SpongeBob's mask off his head. "Oh, no, no, no, no!" The blue silk stops beneath a green kite. SpongeBob and Sandy get an idea.
SpongeBob and Sandy both take a running start with the kite, clutching the beam like a hang glider. They jump off the edge and take off through the breeze of the sky over the playground bustling with laughing kids. They look back with triumphant grins, but they lift their legs to dodge a wall. As soon as they land on the pavement, they grin cockily at each other.
A big gust of wind lifts them high up into the air. SpongeBob and Sandy both scream as they stare down at the dizzying height. As the wind tosses the kite and the toys into the air, SpongeBob and Sandy wrap themselves on the beam with their arms and legs, but the beam snaps. They land in a tree. As they tumble down the branches, SpongeBob's mask loosen from his head, and Sandy's helmet pops off from her space suit. As SpongeBob falls only an inch above the sidewalk, Sandy lands in the grass. Suddenly, SpongeBob is slightly lifted back up again.
"Stop this madness! Stop it right now!" The voice box said. His pull-string must've been caught on the branch. As SpongeBob tries getting himself down, he and Sandy both went stiff as Bubbles skips down the front sidewalk and bumps her head into the body of the inanimate SpongeBob toy. She even finds Sandy lying on the ground. Bubbles scans the area if there is anybody around. With nobody watching, she pulls the toy down, and watches the doll's pull string recoil.
"You're the best pal ever!" SpongeBob's voice box replied. Bubbles smiles in amusement. These toys must have fun in them.
"Bubbles!" Merida called out.
"Coming!" Bubbles called back. Bubbles stuffs both SpongeBob and Sandy into her backpack. As she heads to the car, they bounce among Bubbles's school supplies.
"Oh, great!" SpongeBob groaned.
Dora climbs into the car with her mom. As the car drives off, nobody notices SpongeBob's blue silk mask and Sandy's plastic helmet accessories lying on the ground.
