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“Right,” said Allison and Rondi.
“And if she’s a girl, I’ll name her Cootie Face.”
“Right,” said Joe and John.
Dameon laughed. He knew Mrs. Jewls was only joking. At least he hoped she was.
Terrence placed his palm flat against Mrs. Jewls’s stomach. “Hey,” he exclaimed. “The dude kicked me!”
Suddenly Dameon felt very sad. He was going to miss her a lot! He wiped a tear from his eye. “It’s unfair!” he shouted. “We finally come back to Wayside School after being gone for so long. And now you’re leaving us!”
“I have to,” said Mrs. Jewls.
“I know,” whined Dameon. “You have to make sure that you and your baby are healthy. But it still isn’t fair!”
“I think you’ll like your substitute teacher,” said Mrs. Jewls. “I spoke to him over the vacation. He seems like a very nice man.”
“A man?” asked Dameon. “Cool!”
They all thought it was pretty neat to have a man teacher.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Jewls. “His name is Mr. Gorf.”
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Chapter 10
Mr. Gorf
“Mr. Gorf,” muttered Joy as she walked down the stairs to recess. “Did she say Mr. Gorf?”
Maurecia nodded.
Leslie caught up to them. “Did she say Mr. Gorf?”
“I think so,” said Maurecia.
“Do you think—?” Leslie asked.
“I don’t know,” said Maurecia.
“I hope not,” said Joy.
Before Mrs. Jewls ever came to Wayside School, the children had a teacher named Mrs. Gorf. She wasn’t very nice.
Even Myron was worried. And Myron had never gotten in trouble in his whole life.
“Mr. Gorf might be a good teacher,” said Eric Bacon. “Just because he has the same last name as Mrs. Gorf doesn’t mean he’ll be horrible.”
“That’s right,” said Eric Ovens. “People with the same name can be different.”
“I agree,” said Eric Fry.
“There are probably lots of people named Gorf,” Dameon said hopefully. “I bet if you looked in the phone book, you’d find ten whole pages of Gorfs.”
“Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m not coming to school tomorrow,” said Joy.
“Me neither,” Maurecia agreed.
