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Marvin waited. “These are the results,” he said. “Judy—Yes.”
The class laughed.
“Keimy—Yes.”
They laughed again.
“Stuart—Yes. Nick—Yes. Casey—Yes.”
They laughed every time Marvin said, “Yes.”
“Justin—Yes. Mr. McCabe—”
There was a gasp. No one knew Marvin had asked the principal.
Marvin paused. Then he said, “Yes.”
The class went wild.
Marvin waited for everyone to be quiet.
“Mrs. North—”
Again there was a gasp.
“Yes.”
“Settle down,” said Mrs. North. She was blushing.
Marvin continued. “Travis—Yes. Melanie—Yes. Patsy—Yes. Clarence—No.”
Everyone stopped laughing and looked at Clarence.
“Gina—Yes. Heather—Yes.”
Marvin finished off the list.
“In summary,” he said, “everybody has picked their nose, except Clarence.”
Casey shouted, “Oh, Clarence. You’re such a liar!”
Mrs. North thanked Marvin for his report. “Excellent job,” she said. “It was an unusual question, but I think it taught us all a lot about ourselves. We’re all human, aren’t we?”
“Way to go, Marvin!” called Stuart.
Nick clapped his hands, and the rest of the class joined in.
After lunch Marvin got on line to play wall-ball. No one complained.
After all, what could they say?
Don't miss a single Marvin!
Marvin suddenly figures out why he has red hair and blue eyes, while the rest of his family has brown hair and brown eyes. He’s not really Marvin Redpost at all. He’s Robert, the Lost Prince of Shampoon!
“Wonderfully logical and absurd, with wit and attention to detail rare in an easy reader.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
