Chapter 5: I Was Wrong
Tommy opened his eyes. The sun shines straight to his face. He could hear the birds chirping. He stood up and stretched out for a minute. He made his push-ups and some other exercise. He was definitely prepared!
Tommy went to the bath room to take a bath. He wore his clothes for school.
"Kids, breakfast is ready!" Tommy heard Didi calling from downstairs. Breakfast was late than the normal time, breakfast was about 20 minutes late.
"Mom, I'm going to eat at school. I'm going to be late. I and the guys are having a game to win!"
Didi understood him, "Ok son. Good Luck for you!"
Tommy ran outside his house and headed straight for his school. Again, there was boundary between the two teams. He could hear the WINDS shouting, "We told them whose boss yesterday. Let's show them whose boss now! Ha! We won without cheating can you believe it?! Hahaha!" Sid laughed to boast his victory.
"Hey, hey, hey! Are you telling a lie or are you joking? We all know your deepest dark secret – you have cheated the game!" Phil said.
"Oh yeah? Do you have evidence?"
"No, we don't. But we know everything, and we also know everything about Angelica!"
The WINDS tried to defend their side. They never wanted to show the real truth about their cheating. "No, we haven't cheated. Why have Angelica entered here?"
"Why do you sound like guilty?"
The teacher came in the room and said, "Quiet class, quiet!" She continued, "We will now begin the part 2 of the game. Remember, if the WINDS will win now, they would represent the sixth-graders. However, if the RUGRATS made it now, they would tie with the WINDS. By then, we will have one tie-breaking QUESTION."
The RUGRATS looked at each other and said, "We can do this."
"Look how high those dumb kids dream..." Sid said.
"I think that there is nothing wrong in dreaming, Sid. This is a free country and one can do whatever he or she wants! Do you understand?" This time it was Lil who said that.
"Lil, I can't believe that you would say that to a lover-boy like me." Sid said.
"You deserve it!"
"Don't you love me?"
"Love? Who will love a person who is bad? A cheater? And a bully? In short, who will love a person like you?" Lil said.
"Well, do you want me to prove my love for you?" Sid said. He stood up and was about to embrace Lil and give her a kiss.
Phil stood up to defend his sister. He pushed Sid away from Lil and said, "Don't you dare!"
Sid stood up and said, "Oohh, I'm scared now! Come on, give it to me! Bring it!"
Phil was about to approach Sid but Tommy blocked him, "Phil, hold your temper. We would just show them our strength by winning the scavenger hunt race game."
"Hey! Stop that fight! Do you want me to cancel this game and suspend the both of you?! (Phil and Sid)" Ms. Pecky said.
"Ms. Pecky, it was Sid's fault. I was just trying to defend my sister."
"Sid, do you want me to disqualify you and your team?"
"I'm sorry Ms. Pecky. I won't do it again."
"Ok, if you promise."
"Promise!" Sid said raising his right hand in air like making a pledge, while his left hand was on his back – with fingers crossed.
Phil just sighed.
"Ok class, let's move out now. Let's start at the school garden. We will begin the race now!"
"Yehey!" Everybody shouted with excitement.
Angelica was at the school garden waiting for the teams. She was again ready to cheat with the WINDS. She is eager to have Susie's elegant ring.
The two teams are in the school garden now. Secretly, Angelica went towards the WINDS and said, "I will just pop out wherever you are, for me to help. If you can't understand the first clue, I'm just here behind the scrub. Let me read it."
"Teams, are you ready?" Ms. Pecky said.
"Yes!" Everybody answered with enthusiasm.
Again, the teacher gave the two teams the envelopes. "When I blow my whistle, that's the time you would open and read the first clue. 1 – 2 – 3... 'PRRRROOOOTT!'"
The whistle was blown. Ms. Pecky went inside the classroom and told the teams to meet her there. Sid and Tommy opened the envelope and read loudly, "FIRST CLUE: COME ONE, COME ALL. GO IN ME IF YOU HAVE MONEY. IN ME, YOU CAN FULL YOUR STOMACH. COME ONE, COME ALL. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE MONEY, OR FOOD. JUST GO IN ME."
Everybody was puzzled. It was like everybody was really trying to solve the clue.
The WINDS furtively walked towards the bushes where Angelica was hiding. Angelica read the clue. "I know this one. The clue speaks of the circus. Go outside of the school. Where do you often hear 'come one come all', isn't it that you often hear this at the circus. Also, you can full your stomach in the circus because of the popcorns, junk foods, and peanuts. You can't enter as long as you have money. I'm very sure that this one is a circus. I have heard that the circus has just moved in town 7 blocks away from the school. Now go."
The WINDS ran as fast as they could. "Oh yeah. We will definitely win. Look at the RUGRATS; they are still trying to figure out the clue. Hahaha!" Sid said.
"Yes. I'm going to have the ring. With these cheating stuffs, we could definitely win. Go WINDS! Go WINDS!" Angelica talked to herself.
The RUGRATS where worried when they saw the WINDS on the move.
After seconds of thinking, Chuckie said, "I got it! It is a circus."
"Yes. I agree with him. That's what I have been thinking too." Phil said.
"Let's go guys; we could still catch up with the WINDS." Chuckie said.
The RUGRATS also headed towards the circus. The WINDS saw the RUGRATS just right behind them. "Oh no, make it faster. They are catching up!" Jonas said.
Tommy was not satisfied with Chuckie's idea. As they run, Tommy is still reading the clue and is trying to break it.
"Guys, stop! I think we had a wrong interpretation. I think we should go at the school canteen. We buy there with our money. We make our stomach full in the canteen. Also, the reason why the phrase 'come one, come all' was written is because anyone can just enter the canteen. Do you think Ms. Pecky would make us go outside the school?"
"Well, I think my idea was wrong after all. I think that Tommy's idea is correct. Now, let's go back." Chuckie confessed.
So, they all went back to the school heading to the canteen. The WINDS were shocked seeing the RUGRATS going back, "What's with them? Why are they going back?" Sid said.
"Oh never mind. Maybe they had another interpretation. But ours is a sure bet. It is Angelica who solved it." Jonas said.
The WINDS continued running. However, the RUGRATS went back. They headed straight to the canteen and tried to find the clue there. They searched everywhere—under the tables, under the chairs, they even asked the canteen ladies. But no clue was found. "Where could the clue possibly be?" Phil asked.
"Do you think that this is really the place where the clue is pointing out? Maybe it actually is the circus." Lil said.
Tommy was stunned. He held his breath and told himself, "Oh my! I think I WAS WRONG!"
Tommy opened his eyes. The sun shines straight to his face. He could hear the birds chirping. He stood up and stretched out for a minute. He made his push-ups and some other exercise. He was definitely prepared!
Tommy went to the bath room to take a bath. He wore his clothes for school.
"Kids, breakfast is ready!" Tommy heard Didi calling from downstairs. Breakfast was late than the normal time, breakfast was about 20 minutes late.
"Mom, I'm going to eat at school. I'm going to be late. I and the guys are having a game to win!"
Didi understood him, "Ok son. Good Luck for you!"
Tommy ran outside his house and headed straight for his school. Again, there was boundary between the two teams. He could hear the WINDS shouting, "We told them whose boss yesterday. Let's show them whose boss now! Ha! We won without cheating can you believe it?! Hahaha!" Sid laughed to boast his victory.
"Hey, hey, hey! Are you telling a lie or are you joking? We all know your deepest dark secret – you have cheated the game!" Phil said.
"Oh yeah? Do you have evidence?"
"No, we don't. But we know everything, and we also know everything about Angelica!"
The WINDS tried to defend their side. They never wanted to show the real truth about their cheating. "No, we haven't cheated. Why have Angelica entered here?"
"Why do you sound like guilty?"
The teacher came in the room and said, "Quiet class, quiet!" She continued, "We will now begin the part 2 of the game. Remember, if the WINDS will win now, they would represent the sixth-graders. However, if the RUGRATS made it now, they would tie with the WINDS. By then, we will have one tie-breaking QUESTION."
The RUGRATS looked at each other and said, "We can do this."
"Look how high those dumb kids dream..." Sid said.
"I think that there is nothing wrong in dreaming, Sid. This is a free country and one can do whatever he or she wants! Do you understand?" This time it was Lil who said that.
"Lil, I can't believe that you would say that to a lover-boy like me." Sid said.
"You deserve it!"
"Don't you love me?"
"Love? Who will love a person who is bad? A cheater? And a bully? In short, who will love a person like you?" Lil said.
"Well, do you want me to prove my love for you?" Sid said. He stood up and was about to embrace Lil and give her a kiss.
Phil stood up to defend his sister. He pushed Sid away from Lil and said, "Don't you dare!"
Sid stood up and said, "Oohh, I'm scared now! Come on, give it to me! Bring it!"
Phil was about to approach Sid but Tommy blocked him, "Phil, hold your temper. We would just show them our strength by winning the scavenger hunt race game."
"Hey! Stop that fight! Do you want me to cancel this game and suspend the both of you?! (Phil and Sid)" Ms. Pecky said.
"Ms. Pecky, it was Sid's fault. I was just trying to defend my sister."
"Sid, do you want me to disqualify you and your team?"
"I'm sorry Ms. Pecky. I won't do it again."
"Ok, if you promise."
"Promise!" Sid said raising his right hand in air like making a pledge, while his left hand was on his back – with fingers crossed.
Phil just sighed.
"Ok class, let's move out now. Let's start at the school garden. We will begin the race now!"
"Yehey!" Everybody shouted with excitement.
Angelica was at the school garden waiting for the teams. She was again ready to cheat with the WINDS. She is eager to have Susie's elegant ring.
The two teams are in the school garden now. Secretly, Angelica went towards the WINDS and said, "I will just pop out wherever you are, for me to help. If you can't understand the first clue, I'm just here behind the scrub. Let me read it."
"Teams, are you ready?" Ms. Pecky said.
"Yes!" Everybody answered with enthusiasm.
Again, the teacher gave the two teams the envelopes. "When I blow my whistle, that's the time you would open and read the first clue. 1 – 2 – 3... 'PRRRROOOOTT!'"
The whistle was blown. Ms. Pecky went inside the classroom and told the teams to meet her there. Sid and Tommy opened the envelope and read loudly, "FIRST CLUE: COME ONE, COME ALL. GO IN ME IF YOU HAVE MONEY. IN ME, YOU CAN FULL YOUR STOMACH. COME ONE, COME ALL. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE MONEY, OR FOOD. JUST GO IN ME."
Everybody was puzzled. It was like everybody was really trying to solve the clue.
The WINDS furtively walked towards the bushes where Angelica was hiding. Angelica read the clue. "I know this one. The clue speaks of the circus. Go outside of the school. Where do you often hear 'come one come all', isn't it that you often hear this at the circus. Also, you can full your stomach in the circus because of the popcorns, junk foods, and peanuts. You can't enter as long as you have money. I'm very sure that this one is a circus. I have heard that the circus has just moved in town 7 blocks away from the school. Now go."
The WINDS ran as fast as they could. "Oh yeah. We will definitely win. Look at the RUGRATS; they are still trying to figure out the clue. Hahaha!" Sid said.
"Yes. I'm going to have the ring. With these cheating stuffs, we could definitely win. Go WINDS! Go WINDS!" Angelica talked to herself.
The RUGRATS where worried when they saw the WINDS on the move.
After seconds of thinking, Chuckie said, "I got it! It is a circus."
"Yes. I agree with him. That's what I have been thinking too." Phil said.
"Let's go guys; we could still catch up with the WINDS." Chuckie said.
The RUGRATS also headed towards the circus. The WINDS saw the RUGRATS just right behind them. "Oh no, make it faster. They are catching up!" Jonas said.
Tommy was not satisfied with Chuckie's idea. As they run, Tommy is still reading the clue and is trying to break it.
"Guys, stop! I think we had a wrong interpretation. I think we should go at the school canteen. We buy there with our money. We make our stomach full in the canteen. Also, the reason why the phrase 'come one, come all' was written is because anyone can just enter the canteen. Do you think Ms. Pecky would make us go outside the school?"
"Well, I think my idea was wrong after all. I think that Tommy's idea is correct. Now, let's go back." Chuckie confessed.
So, they all went back to the school heading to the canteen. The WINDS were shocked seeing the RUGRATS going back, "What's with them? Why are they going back?" Sid said.
"Oh never mind. Maybe they had another interpretation. But ours is a sure bet. It is Angelica who solved it." Jonas said.
The WINDS continued running. However, the RUGRATS went back. They headed straight to the canteen and tried to find the clue there. They searched everywhere—under the tables, under the chairs, they even asked the canteen ladies. But no clue was found. "Where could the clue possibly be?" Phil asked.
"Do you think that this is really the place where the clue is pointing out? Maybe it actually is the circus." Lil said.
Tommy was stunned. He held his breath and told himself, "Oh my! I think I WAS WRONG!"