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Authors: Nancy Krulik
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wind appeared, it turned Katie into Speedy, the hamster who was the class pet. Katie spent the whole morning going around and around on a hamster wheel and chewing on Speedy’s wooden chew sticks.
And that wasn’t even the worst part. Things got really bad when she escaped from Speedy’s cage and ran into the boys’ locker room. That was when Katie landed inside George Brennan’s stinky sneaker! P.U.! Katie sure was glad when the magic wind came back and switcherooed her into a kid again!
After that, the magic wind came again and again. One time it turned Katie into Kevin, right in the middle of his karate competition. Katie had tried to break a board in half with her foot. Keeyah! She’d missed the board completely and landed right on her rear end in front of everyone!
Another time, the magic wind turned Katie into a clown fish at the Cherrydale Aquarium. She’d had a great time swimming around in the big tank—until a shark with huge, sharp teeth got a little too close! Katie was really glad when she changed back into a fourth-grader on dry land again!
Katie never knew when the magic wind would strike or who it would switcheroo her into. That was why Katie hated wishes so much. They only brought trouble. But she couldn’t explain that to her friends. They wouldn’t believe her, anyway. Katie wouldn’t have believed it, either, if it didn’t keep happening to her.
Still, she had to say something . Her friends were all staring at her.
“I just mean, you love your own mother, Kevin,” Katie said quickly. “And you wouldn’t trade her for anything.”
“I guess,” Kevin admitted. “But it would be fun to go rock climbing.”
“I can’t wait to go,” Mandy told him. “They put you in this harness thing and . . .”
Phew . Katie’s friends were so interested in what Mandy was saying that they forgot how Katie had freaked out about Kevin’s wish. That was one problem solved.
But Katie still had another big problem to deal with. She had no idea what to give her mom for Mother’s Day. And that was just two days away.
Chapter 3
Unfortunately, Katie wasn’t going to be able to solve that problem today. She had been hoping that her dad could take her shopping for a Mother’s Day gift that evening. But when she got home, Katie found her grandmother waiting for her in the living room.
“Hi there, Kit-Kat,” Katie’s grandmother greeted her.
“Hi, Grandma,” Katie said. “I didn’t know you were coming over.”
“Your dad had a late meeting, and your mom’s busy at the bookstore tonight. So they called and asked me to come hang out with you,” her grandmother explained.
Katie loved that her grandmother said they were hanging out together instead of calling it babysitting. After all, a fourth-grade girl was no baby.
“So what do you want to do?” her grandmother asked.
Katie shrugged. What she had wanted to do was go shopping at the mall. But Katie’s grandmother didn’t have a car. She rode a motorcycle. Katie wasn’t allowed to ride on it.
“We could watch a movie or something,” Katie suggested.
Her grandmother smiled. “Actually, I brought something even better,” she said, pulling a few disks out of her backpack. “I just had some of my old home movies made into DVDs.”
“Home movies?” Katie asked.
Her grandmother nodded. “Of your mother when she was a little girl.”
Katie grinned. She loved hearing stories about when her parents were little. But seeing her mom as a kid would be even more fun. “Great! Do you have any movies from when she was my age?”
Her grandmother searched through the DVDs, reading each of the labels. “She’s about your age in this one,” she said. “Let’s pop it in.”
“Speaking of pop . . . can we make some pop corn ?” Katie asked. “We have it in the cabinet.”
“Definitely,” her grandmother agreed. “What’s a movie without popcorn?”
A few minutes later, Katie and her grandmother were sitting on the couch
And that wasn’t even the worst part. Things got really bad when she escaped from Speedy’s cage and ran into the boys’ locker room. That was when Katie landed inside George Brennan’s stinky sneaker! P.U.! Katie sure was glad when the magic wind came back and switcherooed her into a kid again!
After that, the magic wind came again and again. One time it turned Katie into Kevin, right in the middle of his karate competition. Katie had tried to break a board in half with her foot. Keeyah! She’d missed the board completely and landed right on her rear end in front of everyone!
Another time, the magic wind turned Katie into a clown fish at the Cherrydale Aquarium. She’d had a great time swimming around in the big tank—until a shark with huge, sharp teeth got a little too close! Katie was really glad when she changed back into a fourth-grader on dry land again!
Katie never knew when the magic wind would strike or who it would switcheroo her into. That was why Katie hated wishes so much. They only brought trouble. But she couldn’t explain that to her friends. They wouldn’t believe her, anyway. Katie wouldn’t have believed it, either, if it didn’t keep happening to her.
Still, she had to say something . Her friends were all staring at her.
“I just mean, you love your own mother, Kevin,” Katie said quickly. “And you wouldn’t trade her for anything.”
“I guess,” Kevin admitted. “But it would be fun to go rock climbing.”
“I can’t wait to go,” Mandy told him. “They put you in this harness thing and . . .”
Phew . Katie’s friends were so interested in what Mandy was saying that they forgot how Katie had freaked out about Kevin’s wish. That was one problem solved.
But Katie still had another big problem to deal with. She had no idea what to give her mom for Mother’s Day. And that was just two days away.
Chapter 3
Unfortunately, Katie wasn’t going to be able to solve that problem today. She had been hoping that her dad could take her shopping for a Mother’s Day gift that evening. But when she got home, Katie found her grandmother waiting for her in the living room.
“Hi there, Kit-Kat,” Katie’s grandmother greeted her.
“Hi, Grandma,” Katie said. “I didn’t know you were coming over.”
“Your dad had a late meeting, and your mom’s busy at the bookstore tonight. So they called and asked me to come hang out with you,” her grandmother explained.
Katie loved that her grandmother said they were hanging out together instead of calling it babysitting. After all, a fourth-grade girl was no baby.
“So what do you want to do?” her grandmother asked.
Katie shrugged. What she had wanted to do was go shopping at the mall. But Katie’s grandmother didn’t have a car. She rode a motorcycle. Katie wasn’t allowed to ride on it.
“We could watch a movie or something,” Katie suggested.
Her grandmother smiled. “Actually, I brought something even better,” she said, pulling a few disks out of her backpack. “I just had some of my old home movies made into DVDs.”
“Home movies?” Katie asked.
Her grandmother nodded. “Of your mother when she was a little girl.”
Katie grinned. She loved hearing stories about when her parents were little. But seeing her mom as a kid would be even more fun. “Great! Do you have any movies from when she was my age?”
Her grandmother searched through the DVDs, reading each of the labels. “She’s about your age in this one,” she said. “Let’s pop it in.”
“Speaking of pop . . . can we make some pop corn ?” Katie asked. “We have it in the cabinet.”
“Definitely,” her grandmother agreed. “What’s a movie without popcorn?”
A few minutes later, Katie and her grandmother were sitting on the couch
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