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“You were picking your nose!” Clarence said.
“I was not!” said Marvin.
“You were snot?” asked Clarence. “He just said he was snot.”
Everyone, except Stuart, laughed.
“That’s not what I said,”
said Marvin.
“That’s snot what I said,” said Clarence.
“Just go to the end of the line, Marvin,” said Travis.
Marvin didn’t move.
Clarence grabbed the ball from him. “Oh, gross!” he exclaimed. “His boogers are on the ball!”
Even Stuart laughed.
“I’m not playing with this ball!” said Clarence. He threw it to Marvin.
Marvin held up the ball. “Look, there’s nothing on it,” he said.
“Now they’re on his hands!” said Clarence.
Everyone backed away from Marvin.
The bell rang.
The other kids hurried back to class, leaving Marvin holding the ball.
2
It got worse.…
After school Marvin walked home with Nick and Stuart. He was still upset.
“The ball was over the line,” he said.
“Just forget about it,” said Nick.
“It was over the line,” said Marvin.
“We know,” said Stuart.
“Then why didn’t you say anything?”
“I don’t know,” said Stuart. “It was funny.”
“Boogers on the ball!” said Nick, then he and Stuart cracked up.
Marvin didn’t think it was funny. It was unfair! Clarence was just being a bad sport.
“I didn’t pick my nose,” he said for the millionth time.
“Just quit talking about it!” said Nick. “Forget about it.”
