Chapter 1



Class 2B is getting pets!

What pets?

I don’t know.

Our teacher, Ms. Patel, said, “It will be a surprise when you come back after the weekend!”

I don’t like surprises.

I like to know what to expect.

But I do like animals!

So I felt very excited and also very not.



Chapter 2



Our homework is:

Guess what animals we will host in Class 2B!

Draw a picture and write the name of the animals you think we’ll have in Class 2B on Monday!

I love animals, and their names.

And drawing!

I got right to work.



Chapter 3



My first guess is an elephant.

The name of this elephant is Perry.



Chapter 4



My second guess is an owl named Daffodil.



Chapter 5



My third guess is two jellyfish named Frederika.



Chapter 6



My brother, Justin, says the name we are supposed to put under the animal is just the type of animal. Like ELEPHANT or OWL or JELLYFISH.

“Ms. Patel said put their NAME,” I told him.

“The name of the animal,” Justin said.

“Yes,” I said. “And this stegosaurus is named Sassafras. She has the most stegs of any stegosaurus ever. And her stegs are made of glitter.”

“Are you supposed to be using that glitter?” Justin asked.

“I am not taking questions at this time,” I answered. “I am busy guessing what animals we will get in Class 2B.”

“You’re not getting a stegosaurus as a class animal,” Justin said.

“Maybe we are,” I said. “Maybe we’re not. Stegosaurus is not my only guess. I have a lot of ideas.”

“You might have to say good-bye to some of your ideas,” Justin said.

“NO, I MIGHT NOT,” I said.

I do not like saying Good-bye to my ideas.

I like saying Hello and Have a seat would you like some cookies to my ideas.



Chapter 7



A lot of kids guessed GERBIL or HAMSTER.

My best friend, Bucky, guessed LOBSTER.

Anna, who is my not-best-friend-at-all, guessed CAT.

Of course.

Anna loves only cats.

Mallory guessed TORTOISE, and her picture made everybody say ooooo.

It was a very cute tortoise Mallory drew.



Chapter 8



Nobody else did what I did.

They each had one drawing.

Even though Ms. Patel had said animalS. With an S at the end.

They didn’t write the animal’s name, just what type of animal.

I might have done the homework wrong.

Again.



Chapter 9



Cali guessed it right.

BUTTERFLIES.

Her picture of butterflies had wings that move.

Cali is very good at making things, even though she is small and looks like a kindergartner.

Her butterflies were much more beautiful than the real butterflies in Class 2B.



Chapter 10



The Class 2B butterflies don’t look like butterflies at all.

They look like smudges.


Text copyright © 2020 by Rachel Vail

Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Paige Keiser