Judy Moody Around the World in 8 1_2 Days - Megan Mcdonald [7]
“No way, Stink McNay. No dice, Stink McLice. No go, bratellino.” Judy cracked herself up all the way to the car.
“Ciao!” Judy said to Amy.
“Bonjour!” Amy said to Judy. Amy’s group was doing France for their Around-the-World-in-Eight-Days project. “I like your lucky thumb ring! I have one too.” She held out her hand.
“Same-same!” said Judy.
“Want to see my ABC gum collection?” Amy asked.
“Check!” said Judy.
“C’mon upstairs.” Amy opened a funny-shaped door at the back of her room. It went to a small room under the stairs. “You have to duck or you’ll bump your head,” said Amy.
“Who lives here? Elves?” asked Judy.
“It’s my secret place,” said Amy. She pointed to the wall. Chewed-up gum was stuck all over the wall behind the staircase, where nobody could see.
“WHOA!” said Judy. “You started your own Wall of Gum! Just like the one in California.”
“Shh!” said Amy. “I don’t want my mom to find out.”
Judy pretended to zip her lips. “Zipper Lips!” said Amy, and they cracked up.
“Lipper Zipper!” said Judy, and they cracked up some more.
“Want your membership card?” asked Amy. “I sent away for it.”
Amy handed the card to Judy. It looked way official. And it was signed by Hugh Blue, just like Amy’s.
“Rare!” said Judy. “How did you get yours covered in plastic like that?”
“Tape!” said Amy. They taped up Judy’s card to make it look even more official.
“It also comes with this stuff,” said Amy.
Judy took the stuff out of the bag. There was a HI, MY NAME IS nametag, a My-Name-Is-a-Poem Club bike decal, a list of members with rhyming names from all over the world, and a game called the Name Game.
Judy and Amy played the Name Game. Judy made up rhyming names for Rocky, Frank, and Jessica Finch. She made up eight names for Stink.
“Stink McFink is still the best,” said Judy, laughing.
“Hey, I know,” said Amy. “Let’s write to some real people who rhyme.”
“RARE!” said Judy. She took out her list. “Just think,” she said. “Now my name will be on the list someday. Judy Moody.”
Amy got out a big plastic tub with all kinds of writing paper and smelly markers, colored pencils, stickers, rubber stamps, and glitter-glue pens.
“Blue glue!” said Judy.
“We can make our own postcards,” said Amy. “I can print some out on the computer, even. Then we can send them to other people in the club.”
“Okay,” said Judy. “I’ll send one to Larry Derry Berry, Viola Gazola, Yankee Pankee, and Herman Sherman Berman. Can you believe there’s a person in the club named T. Hee? No lie.”
“T. Hee. That’s funny,” said Amy.
“Tee-hee-hee!” shouted Judy and Amy. They both cracked up.
Amy looked at the list. “I’ll write to Lance France, Roos Van Goos, Pinky Dinky, and Wong Fong from Hong Kong.”
“You made that up,” said Judy.
“Nope. It says so right here!” Judy and Amy fell on the floor, laughing some more.
Judy and Amy made postcards all morning. Judy wrote addresses on all her postcards till her hand almost fell off. “Done!” she said.
“I’m not done yet,” said Amy. “Why don’t you do one more?”
“Okay,” said Judy. “How about Nathaniel Daniel? He’s from the United States. San Luis Obispo, California.”
“Let me see that!” said Amy. She looked at the list. “That’s where Bubblegum Alley is. The real Wall of Gum. No lie.”
“No way!” said Judy. “Let’s send him some gum and see if he’ll stick it on the wall for me. Then we can BOTH be on the Wall of Gum.”
“Okey-dokey!” said Amy.
“Let’s break out the Make-Your-Own-Gum Kit I sent away for,” said Judy. “I’m so glad I brought it. I’ve been dying to try it out. Now we can make our own gum to send him. Will it be okay with your mom?”
“Sure,” said Amy. “As long as we clean up.”
Judy and Amy went downstairs to the kitchen. “Let’s have some lunch first,” said Amy. “Mom left us baloney and cheese sandwiches, but I like to cut them up, like this.” She took out some cookie cutters, and the girls made sandwiches into stars, hearts, footballs, pumpkins, and rabbits. Judy even made one of the United States (except where Florida broke off).
Amy took the plate over to the table. “We’ll never eat