I couldn’t sleep for the whole weekend. That’s because I had tingling excitement in me about Job Day. And my brain wouldn’t settle down.
And so on Monday, I zoomed to the bus stop very fast.
“Look, Mr. Woo!” I said to my bus driver. “Look what I’m wearing today!”
Then I opened my jacket and I showed him my job clothes.
“See? It’s nice pants. And dangling keys. And a paintbrush,” I said. “Except for I can’t tell you what I am, ’cause it’s my special secret.”
Then I plopped down in my seat. And me and Mr. Woo drove to the next corner.
That’s where my bestest friend Grace got on.
She was wearing Mickey Mouse ears and a dress with red and white polka dotties on it!
“Grace!” I said very smiling. “You look very beautiful in that dotty thing.”
“I know it,” she said. “That’s because I changed my mind about who I’m going to be when I grow up. Now I’m going to be Minnie instead of Mickey.”
Then I stopped smiling. And my stomach felt very sickish inside again.
’Cause that meant Minnie Mouse was a fake too.
“Disneyland is a fib,” I said.
After that, the bus stopped again. And William got on.
He was wearing a Superman outfit. Except he had a W on the front of him. And not the letter S.
“The W stands for William,” he said to Mr. Woo.
“Does that mean you can fly?” asked Mr. Woo.
Then William grinned very big. And he held out his arms. And he jumped way high in the air.
Except for he didn’t fly.
And so he just sat down.
After that, other kids got on the bus, too.
And Roger had on keys just like me. And also plastic handcuffs.
And Charlotte was wearing a red paint apron with some watercolors in the pocket.
And that mean Jim was wearing a white bathrobe.
“Hey! I’ve got a bathrobe just like that, Jim!” I said very friendly.
“It’s not a bathrobe, dummy,” he said. “I’m a kung fu karate guy.”
“Jim is a kung fu karate guy,” I said to Grace. “Except for he just got out of the bathtub.”
Then me and her laughed and laughed. ’Cause that was a funny joke, of course.
And Job Day was going to be the funnest day in the whole wide world!