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He couldn’t wait to tell Casey. That would prove once and for all she was weird.
He climbed back into bed.
No, he couldn’t tell Casey, he realized. Then she’d think he was weird for kissing his elbow.
But he had done it. That was the main thing.
There’s nothing Marvin Redpost can’t do! he thought.
He went right to sleep.
He dreamed he was playing baseball.
The bases were loaded. Two outs. Last inning. His team was losing by three runs.
A home run would win the game.
“Good. Marvin’s up,” said Nick. “Marvin will hit a home run.”
“There’s nothing Marvin Redpost can’t do,” said Stuart.
“It’s his elbows,” said Nick. “He has the strongest elbows on the team.”
Marvin stepped up to the plate.
The crowd was cheering, “Mar-vin! Mar-vin! Mar-vin!”
Clarence was the pitcher. Clarence was the toughest kid in Marvin’s class. Maybe in the whole school.
Marvin tapped the plate with his bat. He raised it above his shoulder.
Clarence spat on the dirt. He glared at Marvin.
Marvin waved the bat back and forth. He was afraid of Clarence but tried not to show it.
Suddenly Clarence laughed.
Then everyone else laughed too.
The umpire spoke to Marvin. “I’m sorry, young man,” he said. “But you can’t play. You’re out of uniform.”
“Huh?” said Marvin.
He looked down at his clothes. He was wearing a dress.
4
Don’t Go to Sleep!
Marvin woke up screaming.
His mother came running up the stairs. “Linzy?” she called. “Linzy, are you all right?”
“It wasn’t Linzy,” Marvin called to her. “It was me, Marvin.”
“Marvin?” asked his mother. She opened the door to his room.
“I had a nightmare,” Marvin explained.
