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He liked being a boy. He was glad he was a boy! Girls were stupid and weird. One thing for sure. He did not want to turn into a girl!
At least not forever. Maybe it would be okay for a few minutes. Just to see what it was like.
But you can’t turn into a girl just by kissing your elbow, he thought. That was stupid. Casey Happleton was stupid. Why would anyone want to turn into a girl if girls were always saying stupid things like that?
He tried kissing his elbow again.
It just bugged him that he couldn’t do it.
It was twelve o’clock. Midnight.
Marvin lay asleep, all twisted and tangled in his sheets. He was hugging his pillow.
A full moon shone through the window.
He rolled over. Then he flopped back the other way.
As he rolled and flopped around in his bed, he got more and more tangled in his sheets.
Then, still hugging his pillow, he rolled right off the edge of the bed.
But he never hit the floor. He was so tangled that the sheets held him up.
“Huh-wha?” he said.
He found himself hanging upside down. All wrapped up like a mummy.
He tried to get back onto the bed. He pulled a sheet.
Suddenly his elbow was jerked almost to his mouth. Then it bounced back.
He tugged the sheet again.
Again his elbow jerked to his mouth.
He pulled, then kept on pulling, harder and harder.
His elbow moved closer and closer.
It felt like his arm was breaking.
He stretched out his lips.
It felt like his shoulder was about to pop out.
He gave it one hard yank!
The sheet pulled out from under the mattress. He fell to the floor.
But as his head hit the carpet, he kissed himself on the elbow.
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Marvin Wears a Dress
Marvin got up. He checked himself over. He was still a boy.
Of course he was still a boy!
