Jason had a small face and a big mouth. He had the second biggest mouth in Mrs. Jewls\'s class. And there were an awful lot of big mouths in that class.

"Mrs. Jewls," Jason called without raising his hand. "Joy is chewing gum in class!"

Joy had the biggest mouth in Mrs. Jewls\'s class. And it was filled with gum. There was hardly even room for her tongue.

"Joy, I\'m ashamed of you," said Mrs. Jewls. "I\'m afraid I\'ll have to put your name up on the board."

"That\'s okay, Mrs. Jewls," Jason called. "I\'ll do it."
48Jason hopped out of his seat and wrote Joy\'s name on the blackboard under the word DISCIPLINE.
While he was up, Joy took the glob of gum out of her mouth and placed it on Jason\'s chair.

Rondi and Allison giggled.

Jason walked back from the blackboard to his desk and sat down. "Mrs. Jewls," he called, "I\'m STUCK!"

Rondi and Allison giggled again.

Mrs. Jewls got angry. "Joy, you\'re going home on the kindergarten bus today."

"Oh, good," said Todd. "I\'ll have some company." Todd went home on the kindergarten bus every day. He could never seem to make it to twelve o\'clock without getting into trouble three times. His name wasn\'t even up on the blackboard yet. But he knew that by twelve o\'clock it would be up, checked, and circled.

"Mrs. Jewls, what am I going to do? I\'m stuck! I\'m going to have to stay here the rest of my life!" said Jason.

"Joy, tell Jason you\'re sorry," said Mrs. Jewls.

"I\'m sorry, Jason," said Joy.

"Oh, that\'s okay, Joy," said Jason. "I don\'t mind."

"Try to get up, Jason," said Mrs. Jewls.

Jason tried. "I can\'t, Mrs. Jewls. I\'m stuck."

Mrs. Jewls asked the three Erics to help. Eric Fry and Eric Ovens pulled Jason. Eric Bacon held the chair.

"Stop," cried Jason. "You\'ll rip my pants."

Rondi and Allison giggled.

"All right," said Mrs. Jewls. "Let\'s try ice water. That should freeze the gum and make it less sticky. I\'ll go get some from Miss Mush."

Miss Mush was the lunch teacher at Wayside School. She had the remarkable ability to undercook a dish andovercook it at the same time.
49Her specialty was a nice, hot bowl of mud. She called it porridge.
Jason looked at Rondi and Allison. "No, Mrs. Jewls," he said. "Don\'t leave me. Besides, Miss Mush\'s ice water is probably warm."

"Don\'t be silly, Jason," said Mrs. Jewls. "I\'m sure it will be at least as cold as her soups."

Rondi and Allison leered at Jason.

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