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A Weird Girl
Casey Happleton said, “If you kiss yourself on the elbow, you’ll turn into a girl.”
Marvin Redpost looked at her.
They sat next to each other in Mrs. North’s class.
Casey had a ponytail that stuck out of the side of her head, instead of the back.
“It’s true,” said Casey. “If a boy kisses his elbow, he’ll turn into a girl. And if a girl kisses her elbow, she’ll turn into a boy.”
“Can you change back?” asked Marvin.
“Sure,” said Casey. “You just have to kiss your elbow again.”
Marvin thought about it. But he wasn’t about to try.
At least not in front of Casey.
“Does it matter which elbow you kiss?” he asked.
“Either one,” said Casey. “But it has to be on the outside, where it’s hard. Not the soft part on the inside.”
“Have you ever kissed your elbow?” Marvin asked her.
“No!” she exclaimed. “What do you think I am—some kind of weirdo?”
Marvin shrugged. He did think Casey Happleton was weird.
“Who’s jabbering?” asked Mrs. North. “Marvin and Casey?”
Marvin turned red. Everyone was looking at him and Casey. He hoped no one thought he liked her.
He folded his arms on his desk, and lay his head on top of them.
He looked at his elbow.
First of all, he didn’t believe he’d really turn into a girl.
Second of all, he didn’t know if his mouth could even reach his elbow.
He slowly moved his mouth toward his elbow. He wasn’t going to kiss it. He just wanted to see if his mouth would reach.
It didn’t.
He tried a different way. He sat up straight. Then he reached behind himself, as if to scratch his back.
He stretched out his lips.
“Oh my gosh!” said Casey. She bit her finger.
“What?” Marvin demanded.
“I saw you!” said Casey. “You were trying to kiss your elbow.”
“I was not,” said Marvin. “I was scratching my back.”
“You want to be a girl!” said Casey.
