Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney Page A

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    Of all the people in the world to be our sub today, it was Mom. I thought Mom's days of getting involved at my school were over.
    She used to be one of those parents who came in to help out in the classroom. But that all changed after Mom volunteered to be a chaperone for our field trip to the zoo when I was in third grade.
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    Mom had prepared all sorts of material to help us kids appreciate the different exhibits, but all anyone wanted to do was watch the animals go to the bathroom.
    [Image: a cartoon showing children in a classroom.] The Caption reads: "Hee hee hee hee!"
    Anyway, Mom totally foiled my plan to win Class Clown. I'm just lucky there's not a category called Biggest Mama's Boy, because after today, I'd win that one in a landslide.
    [Image: a cartoon showing children in a classroom.] The Caption reads: "you forgot your lunch at home!"
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    Wednesday

    The school paper came out again today. I quit my job as school cartoonist after "Creighton the Curious Student" came out, and I didn't really care who they picked to replace me.
    But everyone was laughing at the comics page at lunch, so I picked up a copy to see what was so funny. And when I opened it up, I couldn't believe my eyes.
    [Image: a cartoon showing children in a classroom.]
    It was "Zoo-Wee Mama." And of course Mr. Ira didn't change a single WORD of Rowley's strip.
    [Image: a cartoon strip "Zoo-wee Mama!" By Rowley Jefferson.] The Caption reads: "hey, beautiful lady do you want to go on a date with me?
    I am not a lady I am just one of those dogs with long hair so no thanks to that date.
    Zoo-wee Mama!"
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    So now Rowley's getting all the fame that was supposed to be mine.
    [Image: a cartoon showing a boy with his friends in the classroom.] The Caption reads: "will you put us in your comic?
    Sure! Heh, heh."
    Even the teachers are kissing Rowley's butt. I almost lost my lunch when Mr. Worth dropped his chalk in History class-
    [Image: a cartoon showing children in a classroom.] The Caption reads: "zoo-wee mama!
    Ha ha ha!
    Ha ha ha!"
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    Monday

    This "Zoo-Wee Mama" thing has really got me worked up. Rowley is getting all the credit for a comic that we came up with together. I figured the least he could do was put my name on the strip as the co-creator.
    So I went up to Rowley after school and told him that's what he was gonna have to do. But Rowley said "Zoo-Wee Mama" was all HIS idea and that I didn't have anything to do with it.
    I guess we must've been talking pretty loud, because the next thing you knew, we attracted a crowd.
    [Image: a cartoon showing two groups of boys ready for fighting.] The Caption reads: "Fight! Fight! Fight!
    Fight! Fight! Fight!"
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    The kids at my school are ALWAYS itching to see a fight. Me and Rowley tried to walk away, but those guys weren't going to let us go until they saw us throw some punches.
    I've never been in a real fight before, so I didn't know how I was supposed to stand or hold my fists or anything. And you could tell Rowley didn't know what he was doing either, because he just started prancing around like a leprechaun.
    [Image: a cartoon showing two groups of boys are fighting.]
    I was pretty sure I could take Rowley in a fight, but the thing that made me nervous was the fact that Rowley takes karate. I don't know what kind of hocus-pocus they teach in Rowley's karate classes, but the last thing I needed was for him to lay me out right there on the blacktop.
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    Before me or Rowley made a move, there was a screeching sound in the school parking lot. A bunch of teenagers had stopped their pickup truck, and they started piling out.
    I was just happy that everyone's attention was on the teenagers instead of me and Rowley. But all the other kids took off when the teenagers started heading our way.
    [Image: a cartoon showing two boys standing and two running away.]
    And then I realized that these teenagers looked awfully familiar.
    That's when it hit me. These were the same guys who chased