Pig City Read Online Free Page A
Author: Louis Sachar
room. Everyone laughed. On the blackboard were the words:
PIGS ARE BEST!
Laura had sneaked in early again.
Mr. Doyle erased her message. He walked over to the side of the board and began to write something under the word DICTIONARY.
Immediately, everyone became very quiet. They waited to see whose name heâd put there. Whoever it was would have to stay after school and copy a dictionary page.
Laura wasnât worried. He canât possibly know itâs me, not for sure.
Mr. Doyle stepped away from the board. Under the word DICTIONARY he had drawn a rectangle. Next to the rectangle he had written the number 2.
âWhen I find out whoâs been writing on the board,â he said, âI will put his or
her
name inside the box.â Helooked directly at Laura. âThat person will have to copy two dictionary pages; one for yesterday and one for today.â
Laura smiled. You better make it three, she thought. There will be another one tomorrow.
Mr. Doyle told everyone to take out a pencil and paper for the math test. The class groaned. He handed a pile of tests to Linzy and asked her to please pass them out.
Laura opened her desk. She spotted the folded piece of paper with her name on it and smiled. She loved notes.
She made sure Mr. Doyle wasnât watching, then quickly unfolded it. Her smile disappeared.
Hey Laura
,
I know all about Pig City. If you donât kiss me I will tell the whole school. You have ugly hair
.
Your humble servant
,
Gabriel
She read it three times, then glanced at Gabriel.
He was looking at her and grinning from ear to ear. He touched his fist to his nose.
She looked away.
Linzy laid the math test on her desk.
Laura tried to stay calm. She knew Gabriel might still be watching her, so she didnât want to appear to be upset. She had to act like she was in control.
She saw her pencil had been broken. She wondered if Gabriel did that, too.
Since the test had already started, she couldnât ask to borrow another pencil from anyone. She used the broken one; one half for writing and one half for erasing.
The first question was a word problem: Question 1.
Count Dracula drank 7 gallons of blood every 2 weeks. How many quarts of blood did he drink a day?
Mr. Doyle always tried to make his test questions interesting. Laura usually appreciated his cleverness. This time, however, she had more important things on her mind.
If he thinks I have ugly hair, why does he want to kiss me? And how does he know about Pig City? He canât. Itâs impossible! she fumed. Except she knew it wasnât impossible, because he had written the note. He knew the secret salute, too. Okay, she thought, he probably saw me come out of the building yesterday morning, so he knows I wrote on the board. He must have seen me give the salute, too. And my cap says âPig City,â so thatâs how he knows the name of the club.
Your humble servant???
No matter what, she decided, there was no way she would kiss him! She hated him.
She tried to concentrate on the test. I wish somebody would drink Gabrielâs blood â 3 gallons a day â until he shriveled up like a prune! She wrote â2 gallonsâ as the answer to the first problem.
She couldnât tell Tiffany or Allison about the note. She felt she was somehow to blame. If she was, then Allison and Tiffany would have to show her Declaration of Love to everybody in the school, including Mr. Doyle.
Question 2.
Mollie Morbid made many meatballs. From 1 lb. of meat she made nine meatballs. She had 4½ lbs. of meat. How many meatballs did Mollie Morbid make?
But then if I donât kiss him, heâll tell everyone, and then Allison and Tiffany will show my Declaration of Love to Mr. Doyle, anyway. Pig City will be ruined, too. She shook her head. I canât do that to Allison or Tiffany or Kristin, especially after the way we built it up to her. And what would we tell Debbie after school today? I have to
PIGS ARE BEST!
Laura had sneaked in early again.
Mr. Doyle erased her message. He walked over to the side of the board and began to write something under the word DICTIONARY.
Immediately, everyone became very quiet. They waited to see whose name heâd put there. Whoever it was would have to stay after school and copy a dictionary page.
Laura wasnât worried. He canât possibly know itâs me, not for sure.
Mr. Doyle stepped away from the board. Under the word DICTIONARY he had drawn a rectangle. Next to the rectangle he had written the number 2.
âWhen I find out whoâs been writing on the board,â he said, âI will put his or
her
name inside the box.â Helooked directly at Laura. âThat person will have to copy two dictionary pages; one for yesterday and one for today.â
Laura smiled. You better make it three, she thought. There will be another one tomorrow.
Mr. Doyle told everyone to take out a pencil and paper for the math test. The class groaned. He handed a pile of tests to Linzy and asked her to please pass them out.
Laura opened her desk. She spotted the folded piece of paper with her name on it and smiled. She loved notes.
She made sure Mr. Doyle wasnât watching, then quickly unfolded it. Her smile disappeared.
Hey Laura
,
I know all about Pig City. If you donât kiss me I will tell the whole school. You have ugly hair
.
Your humble servant
,
Gabriel
She read it three times, then glanced at Gabriel.
He was looking at her and grinning from ear to ear. He touched his fist to his nose.
She looked away.
Linzy laid the math test on her desk.
Laura tried to stay calm. She knew Gabriel might still be watching her, so she didnât want to appear to be upset. She had to act like she was in control.
She saw her pencil had been broken. She wondered if Gabriel did that, too.
Since the test had already started, she couldnât ask to borrow another pencil from anyone. She used the broken one; one half for writing and one half for erasing.
The first question was a word problem: Question 1.
Count Dracula drank 7 gallons of blood every 2 weeks. How many quarts of blood did he drink a day?
Mr. Doyle always tried to make his test questions interesting. Laura usually appreciated his cleverness. This time, however, she had more important things on her mind.
If he thinks I have ugly hair, why does he want to kiss me? And how does he know about Pig City? He canât. Itâs impossible! she fumed. Except she knew it wasnât impossible, because he had written the note. He knew the secret salute, too. Okay, she thought, he probably saw me come out of the building yesterday morning, so he knows I wrote on the board. He must have seen me give the salute, too. And my cap says âPig City,â so thatâs how he knows the name of the club.
Your humble servant???
No matter what, she decided, there was no way she would kiss him! She hated him.
She tried to concentrate on the test. I wish somebody would drink Gabrielâs blood â 3 gallons a day â until he shriveled up like a prune! She wrote â2 gallonsâ as the answer to the first problem.
She couldnât tell Tiffany or Allison about the note. She felt she was somehow to blame. If she was, then Allison and Tiffany would have to show her Declaration of Love to everybody in the school, including Mr. Doyle.
Question 2.
Mollie Morbid made many meatballs. From 1 lb. of meat she made nine meatballs. She had 4½ lbs. of meat. How many meatballs did Mollie Morbid make?
But then if I donât kiss him, heâll tell everyone, and then Allison and Tiffany will show my Declaration of Love to Mr. Doyle, anyway. Pig City will be ruined, too. She shook her head. I canât do that to Allison or Tiffany or Kristin, especially after the way we built it up to her. And what would we tell Debbie after school today? I have to
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