FREDDY’S SHARK JOURNAL
THE HAMMERHEAD
The hammerhead shark’s eyes are on the sides of its head.
It has a sharp sense of smell.
It swings its head from side to side as it swims to pick up smells in the water.
It can pick up small electrical signals given off by stingrays buried in the sand.
Its favorite food is the stingray, and it eats the entire stingray, including its poisonous tail!
DEAR READER,
In Lucky Book Club’s October 2005 issue, we asked Ready, Freddy! readers to write about their funniest Halloween memory. We received more than 1,300 entries! Thanks so much for sharing your stories. This one, by Niklaus West of Stroudsburg Elementary School, was selected as the winner —CONGRATULATIONS!
THE FUNNIEST HALLOWEEN EVER
by Niklaus West
The funniest Halloween ever was when my dad played a trick on my mom. It happened two years ago when I lived in East Stroudsburg. My mom is really scared of rats. My dad bought fake rats from the Halloween store so that he could scare my mom. My dad was making a strange noise in the attic to attract my mom. My mom said, “What’s that noise?” but nobody answered her. Then she went upstairs and heard the noise coming from the attic. Then she climbed the ladder and looked in the attic. My dad was hiding in a dark corner. He threw a rat at my mom, and she screamed. My mom was so afraid she almost fell down the attic ladder. Luckily, she didn’t get hurt. We all started laughing.
Later that night, my mom put makeup on my dad’s face while he was sleeping. He had no idea! When the doorbell rang the next morning, my dad answered the door looking like a girl. Everyone laughed, including my mom. She said, “Gotcha!”
