moment the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. Officer Spence came running over.
“Freeze, dirtbag!” he yelled, pointing his finger at Mrs. Lizzy just like they do on TV cop shows. “You’re under arrest!”
WHAT?!
Suddenly, five guys in dark blue uniforms and sunglasses came running over. They surrounded Mrs. Lizzy.
“WOW,” we all said, which is “MOM” upside down.
“Put your hands in the air, lady,” Officer Spence ordered Mrs. Lizzy. “And don’t try any funny stuff!”
Mrs. Lizzy put her hands in the air even though Officer Spence didn’t actually have a gun. It was cool.
“Why are you arresting Mrs. Lizzy?” asked Andrea. “She didn’t do anything wrong. She’s our recess enrichment teacher!”
“No she’s not,” Officer Spence said. “She’s just pretending to be your recess enrichment teacher. This woman is actually…the crazy lady who escaped from the loony bin last week!”
“Gasp!” everybody gasped.
“That’s not true!” Mrs. Lizzy yelled.
“Oh, yes it is,” Officer Spence insisted. “Mrs. Lizzy—or whatever her name is—kidnapped your real recess enrichment teacher and tied her up in a secret room in the basement of the school!”
“That’s a lie!” Mrs. Lizzy yelled.
“Oh, yeah?” Officer Spence said. “Go get her, boys.”
The guys with the sunglasses ran into theschool and came back out carrying a lady who was tied to a chair. Officer Spence took off the rag that was tied over her mouth.
“Ma’am,” he said, “would you mind telling these kids who you are?”
“I’m Mrs. Sanford,” the lady said. “I was on my way to school on Monday to start the Recess Enrichment Program when that woman kidnapped me! She tied me upin a secret room in the basement of the school!”
“WOW!” everybody said.
“I did not!” said Mrs. Lizzie.
“You did too!”
They went back and forth like that for a while.
“See?” I said to Andrea. “I told you Mrs. Lizzy kidnapped our recess enrichment teacher and had her tied up in a secret room in the basement of the school!”
“Does this mean we’ve been taking recess enrichment classes from a psycho cannibal zombie who eats kids for breakfast?” asked Ryan.
“Can you untie me now?” asked Mrs.Sanford, the lady who was tied to the chair.
“In a minute,” Officer Spence told her. “I want Mr. Klutz to see this.”
While Officer Spence was putting handcuffs on Mrs. Lizzy, Mr. Klutz and Mrs. Jafee came running over.
“What’s going on here?” asked Mr. Klutz.
“Remember that crazy person who escaped from the loony bin last week?” Officer Spence said. “Well, here she is! Mrs. Lizzy is an imposter. She has been posing as the recess enrichment teacher all week.”
Mr. Klutz turned to face Mrs. Jafee.
“Didn’t you hire this woman to teach recess enrichment?” he asked.
“No, I thought you hired her,” said Mrs. Jafee.
“I didn’t hire her.”
“Well, neither did I.”
“Nobody hired her,” Officer Spence told them. “She just showed up on Monday and told everybody she was the recess enrichment teacher. She’s been teaching the children ridiculous things like how to milk goats and make armpit farts.”
“Those are important things to know!” yelled Mrs. Lizzy.
“Quiet, you!” said Officer Spence.
“And who is this woman tied to thechair?” asked Mr. Klutz.
“I’m the real recess enrichment teacher,” said Mrs. Sanford. “I was going to teach the children useful things like how to use a camera, play musical instruments, and do arts and crafts projects.”
“Did you try to escape when you were tied up in the basement?” Ryan asked Mrs. Sanford.
“How could I escape?” she replied. “I was tied to a chair! And I couldn’t yell because there was a rag over my mouth!”
“You could have made armpit farts,” I suggested. “Somebody would have heard them and rescued you.”
“Or you could have yodeled with yourmouth closed,” suggested