The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures series Book 1) Page 2

“Safari who?” we ask.

  “Why do we have to walk

  safari?!” he laughs.

  Chapter 10

  fast food

  Finally, we reach a river and

  cross it by stepping on croco-

  diles. One eats Doris’s backpack

  and all. I guess that’s the toll. It’s

  sort of a potluck dinner. Without

  any luck . . . we’ll be the dinner. I

  hope that a giraffe doesn’t

  swallow me. The fall could be

  huge—or worse, I could be

  sucked up an elephant’s nose.

  Snot a nice way to go!

  I don’t want to be a baboon’s

  breakfast, a lion’s lunch, a

  crocodile’s dinner, or a snake’s

  snack. I run and hold up a sign

  that says

  PLEASE DON’T FEED THE

  ANIMALS.

  I hope they can read.

  Chapter 11

  in the grand sand

  By noon, we come to a desert.

  The good news is there’s no

  more jungle. The bad news is

  there’s a lot of sand. We’re very

  thirsty. Unfortunately, there are

  no public water fountains. The

  only good thing about a desert is

  that if you add another s it would

  be a dessert!

  Kids are dropping like flies.

  I’ve never seen a fly drop, but

  I’ve seen fly droppings. Anyway,

  it’s hot, and it’s lunchtime.

  I even miss the school

  cafeteria. I’m losing it. I ask if we

  can stop and eat. “Not until the

  lunch bell rings,” says Mrs.

  Green. I hear a lot of bells.

  Then I start seeing things. . . .

  A Pizza Mutt wiggling in the heat

  waves. A swimming pool full of

  rubber ducks.

  I even see a school bus. Wait, it

  is a school bus! It drives up.

  On the fr

  ont of it are printed

  the words CLASS TRIP.

  Mr. Fenderbender opens the

  door and I get on. All the kids are

  sitting there bright-eyed and

  excited.

  Mrs. Green says we’re going

  to the zoo to see a lot of wild

  animals. Hey, that’s baby stuff.

  They’re all in cages. A zoo is

  pretty tame after you’ve seen the

  real thing.

  Maybe next time we’ll blast

  off to a space station, climb

  Mount Everest, or water-ski up

  the Amazon River.

  Now that would be a trip!

  THE CLASS TRIP

  FROM THE BLACK LAGOON!

  Take a trip to the Black Lagoon!

  Brush your teeth with shoe polish. Then survive a ride

  with Mr. Fenderbender, the scary bus driver. Afterward,

  swat mosquitoes as large as Count Dracula. Finally,

  try having fun when your teacher is mean Mrs. Green!

  All that happens and more, but only in

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