Ms. Leakey Is Freaky!

1.
Health Nuts

2.
Clash of the Titans

3.
Girls Rule. Boys Drool.

4.
The Perfect Food

5.
Being Frank

6.
Meet Mr. Slug

7.
Fast Food

8.
Sweets for the Sweet

9.
Ms. Leakey Is Everywhere!

10.
Junk Food Junkies

11.
The New Health Teacher

About the Author and the Illustrator

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

My name is A.J. and I hate school.

I go to Ella Mentry School. It was named after an old lady named Ella Mentry.

Every time I tell somebody I go to Ella Mentry School, they always ask, “Which one?”

“I told you,” I say. “Ella Mentry School.”

“
Everybody
goes to elementary school,” they always say.

“No they don't,” I tell them.

“Yes they do.”

See what I mean? If you ask me, it would have been a lot smarter if they named my school after somebody famous, like George Washington or Lady Gaga.

My teacher is Mr. Granite, who is from another planet. It was Monday morning. Mr. Granite said we had to go to an assembly.
^*
I sat with my friends Michael, Ryan, and Neil, who we call the nude kid even though he wears clothes. In front of
us sat crybaby Emily and Andrea Young, this annoying girl with curly brown hair that I hate.

After we pledged the allegiance, our principal, Mr. Klutz, climbed up on the stage. He has no hair at all. Mr. Klutz used to have hair, but it fell out. That's what happens when guys get old. I wonder if he still has his hair in a plastic bag at home so he can look at it and remember what it was like to be young.

Everybody was talking. So Mr. Klutz made a peace sign with his fingers, which means “Shut up!” We all stopped talking.

“Kids today eat too much junk food,” he told us. “Too much fat and too much sugar.
And you don't get enough exercise. That's why I hired Ms. Leakey, our new health teacher. She would like to say a few words.”

Ms. Leakey came bounding up on the stage like she was in a race or something. We gave her a round of applause by clapping our hands in big circles. She was holding a garbage can cover in one hand and a sword in the other hand. That was weird.

“Thank you,” Ms. Leakey said. “I'd like to introduce you to my best friends. I hope they'll become
your
best friends too.”

Our media specialist, Mrs. Roopy, came out from behind the curtain. Only she wasn't dressed like a media specialist. She was wearing a big banana costume.

Then our reading specialist, Mr. Macky, came out. He was dressed up like a giant peanut.

Behind Mr. Macky was our school
nurse, Mrs. Cooney. She had on a carrot costume. And all three of them were holding swords. It was a real Kodak moment.

Suddenly, they all started singing…

While they were singing, our Spanish teacher, Miss Holly, our speech teacher,
Miss Laney, and our security guard, Officer Spence, came out from behind the curtain on the other side of the stage. They were dressed up like a candy bar, a can of soda, and a donut. And they all had swords.

“Check out those health nuts!” said Miss Holly.

“That song is really lame,” said Miss Laney.

“Fruits and veggies are for
losers
!” said Officer Spence.

Ms. Leakey stopped singing and glared at the candy bar, can of soda, and donut.

“Hey, you bums!” she yelled. “We're trying to sing a song here. So get off the stage!”

“Who's gonna
make
us?” said Miss Holly.

“Ooooooooooooooohhhhh,”
all the kids in the audience went.

“
We're
going to make you!” said Ms. Leakey.

“Ooooooooooooooohhhhh,”
we all went.

At that moment, the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. Ms. Leakey yelled, “Charge!”

And they all started fighting!

You should have been there! It was a wild scene on the stage. The banana was sword fighting with the candy bar! The peanut was sword fighting with the can of soda! The carrot was sword fighting with the donut! It was hilarious. And we got to see it live and in person.

“I'm full of protein!” shouted the peanut as he swung his sword around. “I have lots of energy!”

“Get lean and mean by eating greens!” shouted the carrot.

“I'm low in fat!” shouted the banana. “And a good source of fiber and vitamins!”

“I will make you fat and slow!” shouted
the candy bar as she charged with her sword.

“I will clog your arteries!” shouted the donut.

“I will ruin your appetite for dinner!” shouted the can of soda.

They were all running around the stage sword fighting with each other. It was like
Clash of the Titans
but with food. The banana hit the candy bar over the head, and it toppled over.

“I fell down and I can't get up!” shouted the candy bar. “I'm too tired!”

In front of me, Andrea was talking to her crybaby friend, Emily.

“This skit is very violent,” she said. “I'm not sure it's appropriate for children.”

“Can you possibly be more boring?” I told her.

“Oh, snap!” said Ryan.

Except for Andrea and Emily, all the kids were yelling and screaming with excitement. Up on the stage, the peanut knocked the sword out of the soda can's
hand. The soda can ran away. Everybody cheered. Ms. Leakey and the carrot were fighting with Officer Spence, I mean, the donut. It was awesome.

“I'm good for you!” shouted the carrot.

“But I taste better!” shouted the donut.

“Sugar and fat are my enemies!” shouted Ms. Leakey. “They must be your enemies too.”

Ms. Leakey kept stabbing her sword at the donut, but Officer Spence was jumping around, so the sword only hit the donut hole. He was fighting back hard, but it was two against one. Ms. Leakey got on one side of him, and the carrot got on his other side.

“This is for your own good, donut!” shouted Ms. Leakey. “Charge!”

And then, together, they stabbed the donut!

“Die, empty calories!” Ms. Leakey shouted.

Officer Spence let out a scream, and then he fell to his donut knees and started crying.

When they pulled the swords out of him, chocolate syrup started squirting all over the place like a fountain. I thought I was gonna throw up, but it was cool.

“This is
really
inappropriate for children,” said Andrea.

What is her problem? Andrea is no fun at all.

“Help!” shouted the donut. “I'm losing my partially hydrogenated corn syrup!”

“Victory is…sweet!” shouted Ms. Leakey.

“Oh, untimely death!” Officer Spence moaned. And then he fell forward and stopped moving.

Ms. Leakey, Mrs. Roopy, Mr. Macky, and
Mrs. Cooney went to the front of the stage and took a bow. We all clapped in a big circle.

“Thank you,” Ms. Leakey said. “I hope you liked our performance. If you'll excuse me, I need to go do some push-ups.”

Then she ran away. We all clapped again.

Mr. Klutz climbed up on the stage and made the shut up peace sign to calm everybody down.

“Well, that was exciting!” he said. “So, did you kids learn anything from this skit?”

“Yeah,” I hollered. “Sword fighting is
cool
!”