Here fellas, take a book.
Uh, no thanks, Mr. MacDonald. We just came in to—
To join Nerds and Words? Excellent, Nick. We could use some boys in our book club.
Maybe another time. I don’t really do books.
It’s a quick read—try it out this weekend.
Can’t, Mr. Mac, we got a futsal* tournament.
A book brawl tournament?
Futsal.
Your foot’s all permanent?
. . .
I heard about that thing in Ms. Hardwick’s class. You know I’m the king of malapropisms.
Uh, o-kay.
What’s up with the bowling ball, Mr. Mac?
Big game this weekend too. Got to get my match-play mojo on.
I don’t even know what that means.
So, Coby, you want to join the book club?
Pass, Coby says, laughing. Maybe if you changed the name to Books and Babes I might join.
Let us see what’s in your dragonfly box and we’ll join, you say, before
The Mac starts,
get this,
rapping: