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A crowd gathered around them.
“Oh, grow up!” said Marvin.
Clarence glared at Marvin.
Marvin looked right back at him. Their faces were inches apart.
“I don’t believe it,” said Marvin. “You get uglier every day.”
A group of girls laughed.
Clarence forced a laugh. He turned away. “You’re not worth it,” he said.
“All right, Marvin!” said Nick, slapping him on the back.
“Wow,” said Stuart. “You stood up to Clarence.”
Casey Happleton stared at him, finger in mouth.
“Weren’t you scared?” asked Nick.
“No,” said Marvin. “Clarence wouldn’t hit—” Marvin stopped.
He was confused.
He was going to say, Clarence wouldn’t hit a girl.
10
High Atop the Spiderweb
“Leave me alone,” said Marvin. He walked away.
His friends followed.
“I said leave me alone!”
Everyone backed off.
Marvin climbed up the giant spiderweb.
The rope wiggled under his feet. The higher he got, the more the web seemed to wiggle and shake.
He reached the very top and looked down at the boys and girls in his class.
He was confused.
He had boy thoughts. He had girl thoughts. But he didn’t know which were which.
Or did it matter? Was there really a difference in the way boys and girls thought?
He didn’t know. He didn’t know anything.
He was just very tired.
He watched Stuart and Nick chase Judy and Casey.
Judy sang out:
