"That is so crazy!" Natalie exclaimed as she walked down the steps with Andrea at the end of the school day. "I can hardly believe you got to go to Townsville and be a real Powerpuff Girl!"
"Not just a Powerpuff Girl... Andie was a Micropuff Girl!" Andrea turned to see her friend Joyce standing on the other side of her. "That must have been frightening, being only two inches tall!"
Andrea replied, "Well, maybe it would have been scary if I'd had to tackle a giant rat as soon as I got there. I guess it was kind of lucky that I got used to being so small before I had to fight anyone."
"Maybe that fairy godmother made sure you wouldn't be hit with a monster right away," Andie's classmate Debbie spoke up from behind them.
"I can hardly believe you have a fairy godmother!" their classmate Julie added. "All these years we heard those fairy tales, and now that we're too old to believe them it turns out they're true!"
Greg added, "No wonder you could stand up to Derek Stiles this morning. If you could be the size of a cricket and still fight a dinosaur, Stiles must have looked like small potatoes!"
Their fellow fifth grader Nicky added, "Or being the size of a flea and facing Mojo Jojo! Now THAT took some real courage!!"
Andrea looked around at the crowd of students around her. Perhaps twenty fifth graders were with her, and a lot of fourth and third graders as well! "Uh, Natalie," she asked, "just how many people DID you tell about my adventure?"
"I only told about six or seven people," Natalie replied. "But you gotta figure, they probably told six or seven people each--"
"--and then they told six or seven people each," Andie cut in, "and so on, and so on. Oh well, I guess it was a pretty exciting adventure!"
"PRETTY exciting?!" The friends turned to see Amy, standing with her twin sister Jamie. "That adventure had us both on the edge of our seats!"
Jamie added, "Yeah, Andie! Can you come over to our house this afternoon? We wanna hear the whole story from you!"
The crowd had just reached the edge of the playground, when Derek Stiles stepped out from behind the tall slide. "Hold it right there, Bumblebug!" he yelled at Andie.
Andrea was prepared for the bully; she had figured he would try something after school. "Hey, everybody," she called out, "it's Pig Stiles! What's the matter, Pig Stiles, didn't you learn your lesson this morning?"
Derek stepped over to the sidewalk, blocking her path. "Think you're hot stuff just because you had some dream about a bunch of sissy cartoon girls, huh? I sure hope for your sake that you've got that ten dollars I told you to have for me... ALL of you!"
"Aw, gee, Derek," Andie replied, "I guess I don't have ten for you." She made a fist and stepped toward the bully. "But I'll tell you what, crybaby, if you like I'll give you five like I did before school!"
The crowd behind Andrea started jeering Derek: "Look at the crybaby!" "Go home to Mommy, crybaby!" "Go get your Pampers changed!" The bully gave them all a fierce look, but this time it had no effect on the crowd of his former victims.
Undaunted, Derek yelled at his challenger, "You think you're some sort of hero because you landed a lucky punch on me this morning! Well, Powderpuff Shrimp, let's see how you do against the two of us!" The tall boy motioned with his left hand, and Betty Harper stepped out from the slide and started walking toward Andrea.
"Not just a Powerpuff Girl... Andie was a Micropuff Girl!" Andrea turned to see her friend Joyce standing on the other side of her. "That must have been frightening, being only two inches tall!"
Andrea replied, "Well, maybe it would have been scary if I'd had to tackle a giant rat as soon as I got there. I guess it was kind of lucky that I got used to being so small before I had to fight anyone."
"Maybe that fairy godmother made sure you wouldn't be hit with a monster right away," Andie's classmate Debbie spoke up from behind them.
"I can hardly believe you have a fairy godmother!" their classmate Julie added. "All these years we heard those fairy tales, and now that we're too old to believe them it turns out they're true!"
Greg added, "No wonder you could stand up to Derek Stiles this morning. If you could be the size of a cricket and still fight a dinosaur, Stiles must have looked like small potatoes!"
Their fellow fifth grader Nicky added, "Or being the size of a flea and facing Mojo Jojo! Now THAT took some real courage!!"
Andrea looked around at the crowd of students around her. Perhaps twenty fifth graders were with her, and a lot of fourth and third graders as well! "Uh, Natalie," she asked, "just how many people DID you tell about my adventure?"
"I only told about six or seven people," Natalie replied. "But you gotta figure, they probably told six or seven people each--"
"--and then they told six or seven people each," Andie cut in, "and so on, and so on. Oh well, I guess it was a pretty exciting adventure!"
"PRETTY exciting?!" The friends turned to see Amy, standing with her twin sister Jamie. "That adventure had us both on the edge of our seats!"
Jamie added, "Yeah, Andie! Can you come over to our house this afternoon? We wanna hear the whole story from you!"
The crowd had just reached the edge of the playground, when Derek Stiles stepped out from behind the tall slide. "Hold it right there, Bumblebug!" he yelled at Andie.
Andrea was prepared for the bully; she had figured he would try something after school. "Hey, everybody," she called out, "it's Pig Stiles! What's the matter, Pig Stiles, didn't you learn your lesson this morning?"
Derek stepped over to the sidewalk, blocking her path. "Think you're hot stuff just because you had some dream about a bunch of sissy cartoon girls, huh? I sure hope for your sake that you've got that ten dollars I told you to have for me... ALL of you!"
"Aw, gee, Derek," Andie replied, "I guess I don't have ten for you." She made a fist and stepped toward the bully. "But I'll tell you what, crybaby, if you like I'll give you five like I did before school!"
The crowd behind Andrea started jeering Derek: "Look at the crybaby!" "Go home to Mommy, crybaby!" "Go get your Pampers changed!" The bully gave them all a fierce look, but this time it had no effect on the crowd of his former victims.
Undaunted, Derek yelled at his challenger, "You think you're some sort of hero because you landed a lucky punch on me this morning! Well, Powderpuff Shrimp, let's see how you do against the two of us!" The tall boy motioned with his left hand, and Betty Harper stepped out from the slide and started walking toward Andrea.