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looked for the ball.
    I stuck my head all the way under the applesauce.
    I couldn’t see anything. But I could reach a little farther.
    I felt something roundish and slippery-smooth.
    There it was at last! The magic ball.
    Safe and sound, but sticky.
    When I came up for air, everyone was there.
    Ms. Diz. The moms. The dads. Abe. The white-coated workers.
    Even Coco.
    Their mouths were open.
    They stared and stared, but nobody said a word.
    I guess we looked a little slimy.
    â€œDo we still get our free applesauce?” I asked.

11
Good-Bye from Time-Out
    So that’s how I ended up going for my applesauce swim.
    And landed here in time-out.
    My hair was pretty sticky when I got home.
    So was Hazel’s magic fortune-telling ball.
    I think maybe some applesauce got stuck inside of it.
    Because now when you ask it a question, it only has one answer: “ASK AGAIN LATER.”
    Hazel was awfully nice about it, though.
    When I said, “Can I borrow it again sometime?” Dad said, “Ask again later.”
    My whole family’s visiting the orchard next weekend.
    Wyatt and his family are coming too.
    We are going to pick enough apples to pay for the applesauce we ruined when we swam in it.
    Apparently, nobody wants Roscoe-and-Wyatt-flavored applesauce.
    So they had to throw the whole batch out.
    That means we have to pick seven whole baskets of apples.
    Emma’s coming with us to the orchard.
    She says the only way we’re going to get that many apples is with her help.
    I think maybe she’s right.
    Ms. Diz says Emma is a good buddy.
    I have to agree with her on that one.
    She also said our class might go on another field trip someday.
    But not for a long time.
    I am crossing my fingers for a chocolate-candy factory.
    Think of the oozy, gooey chocolate everywhere!
    How could I possibly get into trouble at a place like that?

10 COMPETITIONS WITH MY BIG BROTHER I AM PRETTY SURE I COULD WIN
by Me, Roscoe Riley
    1. Who can produce the loudest armpit fart?
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    2. Who is the fastest at tongue twisters? *
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    3. Who can get the biggest wad of bubble gum stuck in his hair when blowing bubbles?
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    4. Who can make the coolest ugly face?
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    5. Who can make the biggest cannonball splash at the pool?
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    6. Who can eat the most corndogs at our Fourth of July picnic (without throwing up)?
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    7. Who is the cutest smiler in the family? (Grandma could judge this one because I am almost positive I am her favorite.)
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    8. Who knows the best joke? *
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    9. Who can make the most original LEGO construction? (Last week I made a three-headed frog on a bicycle, although so far nobody has guessed what he is.)
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    10. Who is the best brother on the planet? (Okay, okay…maybe this one should be a tie.)

About the Author
    K ATHERINE A PPLEGATE is a big fan of apples (especially when they show up in a pie). Maybe it’s because she has an “apple” in her last name. When she was little, kids sometimes called her “Kay Pear-fence,” but she has forgiven them. Mostly. Katherine lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with two kids, one husband, many pets, but sadly no apple trees.
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The Roscoe Riley Rules books
by Katherine Applegate
    Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs
    Roscoe Riley Rules #2: Never Swipe a Bully’s Bear
    Roscoe Riley Rules #3: Don’t Swap Your Sweater for a Dog
    Roscoe Riley Rules #4: Never Swim in Applesauce

Copyright
    ROSCOE RILEY RULES #4: NEVER SWIM IN APPLESAUCE . Text copyright © 2008 by Katherine Applegate.
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