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    Laurie put on her Cluckers hat and held her notebook up close to her face. Sure, she was probably being a little overly cautious. Paranoid, even. But she wasn’t going to let that bearded English freak spot her, and she wasn’t going to miss her chance at solving the clue either. Bud was already staring at Homer when she got there.
    â€œI can’t believe this is supposed to be the cat,” he said without looking up. “That’s really not very fair.”
    â€œI know.” Laurie glared at Homer. Mrs. Tutweiler thought she was so cute, with her lame clues and everything. Maybe they were easy and clever eighty years ago, but they sure weren’t funny now.
    â€œAnything?” she said, keeping one eye out for the English teacher.
    â€œNothing.” Bud sighed.
    â€œMaybe it’ll come to us over the weekend. In a big flash of inspiration.”
    â€œIt sure better.” Bud tugged on one of the legs dangling from Laurie’s hat and headed off to the bus.
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    GOALS FOR HORACE WALLACE JR.
    compiled by Horace Wallace Sr.
    1. Memorize the periodic chart, quiz on Saturday.
    2. Memorize countries of Africa, quiz on Sunday.
    3. Work on panorama of battlefield strategies of the Revolutionary War, battle this Saturday at 0900 hours!
    4. Continue spelling study, dictionary letter Ea—Ec.
    5. Word problems, chapter six.
    6. Conjugate Latin verbs, workbook pages 45–55.
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    ACTUAL GOALS FOR BUD WALLACE
    compiled by Bud Wallace
    1. Find dictionary big enough to hide book on Homer.
    2. Figure out where next clue is.
    3. Figure out convincing reason for staying after school.
    4. Figure out way to “accidentally” destroy panorama. Or even better, for Dad to destroy it, so it’s not my fault.
    ALSO
    5. Possibly convince school board to bring sweets back?
    6. If number five not possible, win over classmates with terrific personality.
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    Laurie threw her books down on her bed and then headed back out to Kimmy’s house. She’d barely talked to Kimmy since school started. She’d known going to different schools would mean they’d hang out less, until she could transfer at least, but she hadn’t expected it to be so much less.
    She couldn’t wait to fill Kimmy in about the treasure.
    Sure, technically, she wasn’t supposed to say anything to anybody, but it’s not like Kimmy was going to blab. She wasn’t even a Clucker, so who would she possibly say something to? She’d be like one of those consultants or something. Bud wouldn’t care.
    Laurie had almost managed to convince herself of that when she knocked on Kimmy’s front door.
    The sound of laughter hit her as Mrs. Baranski opened the door. “Laurie!” she said happily, giving Laurie a hug. “We’ve missed you! Come on in.” She ushered Laurie into the entryway. “Kimmy will be so glad to see you. She’s got a few of her new friends from Hamilton over.”
    â€œOh. Um.” Laurie froze. It never occurred to her that Kimmy might have people over.
    Kimmy came shooting down the stairs with two giggly girls behind her. “Laurie! I can’t believe it!” She turned to the girls on the stairs. “Steffie, Kendra, this is Laurie, that girl from my old school. Laurie, come on up, we were just about to play that karaoke game I got.”
    Laurie tried to smile, but her stomach felt all twisted. The last thing she wanted to do was sing in front of these two girls she didn’t know. Especially since she was apparently just that girl from Kimmy’s old school.
    â€œThanks, but I don’t …” Laurie hesitated. She’d been dying to see Kimmy all week. But there was no way she could tell her about the treasure now.
    â€œWhat? It’s karaoke time, Laurie!” Kimmy shifted impatiently. “Are you in or out?”
    Laurie took a deep breath. “I can’t really. I just wanted to come