How to Eat Fried Worms Page #2

Let's bet.

That I would eat 10 worms?

Yeah, and when you

throw up you lose.

- Yeah.

- What if I don't lose?

- What's the bet, you mean?

- I know.

The loser has

to come to school

with worms in his pants.

Yeah, and he has to walk

down the hall

past everybody.

All right.

It's gonna be you Wormboy.

But Joe, what if he

eats a tiny bit of worm,

and then a year later

a tiny bit more of a worm...

No, you gotta eat all

10 worms, all on the same day.

- And I get to pick them.

- When?

This Saturday.

That's the day after tomorrow.

I need more time to get ready.

Backing out?

Come on, Wormboy, shake on it.

Kids don't shake hands.

I said, shake on it!

It's a bet.

Oh!

- Hey, Mitch.

- Hey.

- I had a thought. You play tennis?

- Yup.

- How about Helen?

- Yeah. Yeah we both play tennis.

You gotta come down to our club.

We'll play some doubles.

That's be great, Rob.

Great.

You and I, we played tennis

when we first met a couple of times.

- You were good.

- Yeah, compared to you I was.

It's not that he asked me.

It's the way he asked me.

Like he was testing me.

Why are you

looking at that?

Joe Guire told me to.

"Find out about worms,"

he said.

That's what they

look like inside?

Yeah.

They have brains.

No eyes.

They're blind.

And look, five hearts.

And look at this

interesting detail.

- Sphincter.

- That's the worm's butt.

- Sphincter.

- Sphincter.

- Sphincter.

- Sphincter sphincter sphincter!

Stop, you guys!

I have to eat one.

I have to eat 10.

- Sphincter.

- Sphincter.

- Sphincter. Sphincter.

- Sphincter. Sphincter.

- Sphincter.

- Boys...

"How the Ancient Egyptians

Preserved their Dead."

Fascinating topic, boys.

Fascinating.

The mystery of the Sphinx.

Excellent, excellent.

And on your recess too.

Oh, you're to be commended.

Carry on.

- Oh, that was close.

- Yeah.

Excellent, excellent, boys!

Fascinating.

And on your recess too!

The lost sphincter

of the Sphinx.

The lost

sphincter of the Sphinx.

The lost sphinc...

You guys are friends

with this guy,

who's gonna be barfing

his guts out tomorrow?

Donny, get over here.

You're not his friend.

He's Wormboy.

He doesn't have any friends.

- Bradley.

- Right here, Joe.

Tell him the new rule.

All 10 worms must

be eaten by 7:
00 P.M.

Or you lose. And Bradley

is the official timekeeper.

Why do you make

all the rules?

Because...

he just does.

You won't even

make it to 7:
00.

'Cause we're making

the worms taste bad.

Like they already don't?

Yeah, shut up, Twitch!

You too, Techno Mouth.

Benjy...

Benjy is the official

worm cook.

You're gonna cook the worms?

I'm thinking up some

disgusting recipes.

You're the one that said

you like them fried, Wormboy.

We're making the worms

taste nasty.

I see you, so quit hiding.

Just on my way home

and I thought you

might want to know

I might be

leaving this place.

- Is your family moving again?

- No.

Just me.

Is this all because you threw

a worm in Joe Guire's face?

That was really dumb!

Really dumb, wasn't it?

I loved it.

- You loved it?

- Yup, I loved it.

Whoa, you're good.

Thank you.

- Say I knew.

- Knew what?

- About the bet.

- You can't know, you're a girl.

Say I did though.

Say I also know you've never

eaten a worm in your whole life.

- How would you know that?

- Because... why would you?

Did you know

it was tomorrow?

And can I tell

you something?

What?

I have a really

weak stomach.

Really weak.

There are a lot

of foods I can't eat.

Then why'd you make the stupid

bet in the first place?

I don't know.

I was just trying to go to school

and be a normal person.

Normal people

don't eat worms, Billy.

- Hey, Mom.

- Hey, what do you think?

I'm naked.

All right, come on,

we're going out.

- Where?

- Woody's school.

They're doing a performance

and Woody's in it.

We're meeting your dad there.

Come on, I need you

to put on a clean shirt.

What?

Up swim

the sea turtles,

up through

the ocean waves.

And then down, down

swim the sea turtles,

dancing on the ocean waves.

Focus, sea turtles.

Focus.

Focus, sweetie.

~ Sea turtles ~

~ And the beluga

in the deep blue sea. ~

- No, not... come here.

- Yeah!

Focus! Focus!

I am the greatest. Thank you,

ladies and gentlemen.

Billy!

Hey, what are you doing out here?

They got cake inside.

I don't care.

I don't want any cake.

Don't want... don't want any cake?

Whose son are you?

He's just a showoff, Dad.

And everybody says,

"Oh, he's so cute"

just because he's little.

I hate him.

- You don't hate your brother.

- Yes, I do!

And I hate this town

we have to live in.

And the kids at my school,

- they're all...

- They're just kids, Billy.

They're just kids.

Kids are the same everywhere you go.

No.

No, they aren't.

These kids are different.

Different how?

Nothing.

Billy, your, uh, your mother and I,

we, uh, met this woman inside.

She has a son, Benjy,

he's in your class. You know a Benjy?

I don't know

anybody.

Well, she says... she says they're all

playing soccer this afternoon.

- Soccer?

- Soccer, right.

At the field by the creek.

I'll get directions from her, okay?

No, they didn't

ask me.

Billy, come on, when

they see how good you are,

they'll be begging

you to play.

Mm, I don't have

my cleats.

We'll go home

and get them.

Come on, now you're

just making excuses.

You know, you'll go,

you'll have fun.

Look here, have some cake.

It's really...

stale.

- What kind is it?

- Chocolate-covered stale cake.

I can't find any.

They're all over here,

come on.

Whoa, look at this one!

- He's a find.

- Let me see it.

Hey, you gotta show

that one to Joe.

He's really gonna

puke, huh, Joe?

Yup, he's gonna

spew his guts.

What if he doesn't?

What was that, Adam?

Huh?

Well, um...

worms could just

be like meat really.

You know, think of

the first person who said,

"I'm gonna eat a chicken."

Then he ate it and it

was just a chicken.

Then we have

to find out.

Someone get a worm.

- Come here.

- Me?

Don't spit it out.

Chew it.

Chew, Adam.

My God!

Whoa!

Perfect.

You see, that was one worm.

Wormboy has to eat 10.

Joe has a ring called

the death ring.

If he punches you with it

you die.

But you don't die now.

You die in the eighth grade,

so nobody can prove it.

It's got poison in it that goes

into your skin and makes an ulcer.

Very slowly,

you bleed to death.

Death.

I'm running away.

Ow!

I can't run away.

Where will I go?

I've got to do it.

If we don't fight the evil forces,

they'll destroy our planet.

Beat the evil forces!

Billy, I need

to talk to you.

Billy, I want you to look

after Woody today, all right?

Don't let him get

in any trouble.

- Woody?

- Yeah, Woody.

Make sure he gets lunch, all right?

We'll be back for supper.

No, Dad, no!

Billy, you don't have

a choice in the matter, okay?

I need to be fo...

focused today, okay?

So do I!

I need to be focused.

No, you don't need to be

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