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The Purple People save the day.

Harry moved next to the teacher with his ruler. We heard his soft chanting:

Pur-ple Peo-ple
Pur-ple Peo-ple
Save the tea-cher
From the bee!

Suddenly, the bee flew off the teachers head and landed on the purple ruler!

Bzzzzzzzzzzz!

Everyone turned pin quiet.

Harry slowly carried the purple ruler to the open window. The bee clung to it like magic.

Harry dipped the ruler outside the window.

Then he hummed another chant:

Pur-ple Peo-ple
Pur-ple Peo-ple
Shoo the big bee
A-WAY!

Five seconds later, the bee let go of the purple ruler and flew away.

PUFFIN BOOKS ABOUT ROOM 2B

Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion
Horrible Harry and the Christmas Surprise
Horrible Harry and the Dungeon
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
Horrible Harry and the Kickball Wedding
Horrible Harry in Room 2B
Horrible Harrys Secret
Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt
Song Lee and the Leech Man
Song Lee in Room 2B

Dedicated with love to my students:

Rodney Archer
Arielle Celadon
Marissa De Angelo
Joshua Levesque
Sean McDonnell
Eric Mosakowski
Christopher Mosher
Ronnie Noujaim
Christopher Pashley
Nicole Primerano
Michael Rice
Jeffrey Seiser
Ryan Smith
Raymond Squire
Jacqueline Tribou
Rannan Tyrrell
Melissa Wallace
Mark Woznicki

and my daughter Emily
who shared a very special year.

The Purple People

Ill never forget my last week in second grade.

It was strange.

It was wild.

It all started when Harry showed me his brand-new ruler.

Hey, Doug, he said, have you ever seen anything like this?

I took his ruler and rubbed my hand over it. Tough wood. Its a lot better than the plastic ones we use at school. I like that row of purple monsters painted at the top.

They are not pictures of monsters. They are pictures of the Purple People.

Song Lee, Mary, and Ida overheard us and came over.

Who are the Purple People? Mary asked.

I cant believe you dont know! Harry replied. Theyre brave and strong. And smart.

And purple, Mary joked. Pleeeeeease!

We followed Harry to his desk.

So, Mary asked, just ... where are the Purple People?

Harry motioned with his ruler. Follow me.

We got in a line and followed Harry around the roompast the science corner, past the teachers desk, and over to the open window.

Harry closed his eyes and wiggled his fingers. Theyre here!

Where? Mary asked.

Harry opened his eyes. Up there, over here, under there, and in here.

Youre not making any sense, Harry! Mary snapped.

I cant help it if Im the only one who can see the Purple People.

How many are there? Sidney asked looking around.

Harry counted them with his ruler.

There are ... ten Purple People in Room 2B.

Ten? Mary groaned.

Make that nine, Harry said.

Mary rolled her eyes.

Ida and Song Lee giggled.

Im not laughing, Dexter said. I know about the Purple People.

You do? Sidney said. Then he hid behind me.

Yeah. Someone wrote a rock-and-roll song about them in the fifties. My dad has the record. It goes something like this. Dexter cleared his throat. Im a one-eyed, one-horn, flying pur ple people-eater

I know that song, Mary interrupted. Its on one of my tapes. I bet Harry got this whole crazy idea from that song.

Harry shook his head. Never heard it. I do know the Purple People wouldnt like it though. Theyd never buy it.

When the bell rang, we all went to our seats.

Everyone knew Harry had a huge imagination but this time he had gone too far. No one believed Harry about his Purple People at first. Not even me. And Im his best friend.

Miss Mackle picked up her book and continued reading to us about Alice in Wonderland. Alice had just eaten a mushroom, and now her neck had grown so tall it shot out of a tree. All the birds thought she was a snake.

Harry leaned over his desk. I could tell he loved this part.

It didnt make any sense to me. How can you like something you dont understand?

Suddenly a bee flew in the window.

Look! Sidney shouted. A big bee!

Everyone turned around.

Miss Mackle put her book down. Boys and girls, remain calm. This happens in June. Then she opened her desk drawer and reached for a can of insect spray.

Harry got out his purple ruler and his lunch box. He had his back turned so I couldnt see exactly what he was doing. But he was rubbing something on the ruler.

Now its time for the Purple People to save our room from doom. He held his ruler up high like it was some kind of a torch.

Bzzzzzzzzzzzz. The bee zoomed around the room. We watched it fly overhead, back and forth. Then ... suddenly, it landed on Miss Mackles hair!

Sidney shouted, Its going to sting the teachers head!

The class screamed.

Miss Mackle raised her hand. Shhhhhhhhhh.

Harry moved next to the teacher with his ruler. We heard his soft chanting:

Pur-ple Peo-ple
Pur-ple Peo-ple
Save the tea-cher
From the bee!

Suddenly, the bee flew off the teachers head and landed on the purple ruler!

Bzzzzzzzzzzz!

Everyone turned pin quiet.

Harry slowly carried the purple ruler over to the open window. The bee clung to it like magic.

Harry dipped the ruler outside the window.

Then he hummed another chant:

Pur-ple Peo-ple
Pur-ple Peo-ple
Shoo the big bee
A-WAY!

Five seconds later, the bee let go of the purple ruler and flew away.

The class ooohed and ahhhed as Miss Mackle closed the window.

Neato! Sidney said.

The teacher returned to her chair. Thanks to Harry and his handy ruler, I wont need to use this bug spray. I do need to get a screen for our window.

Mary folded her arms. Harry and his Purple People! Thats hogwash!

Hogwash? Miss Mackle replied. That reminds me of hooey, balderdash, humbug, poppycock, and hokum. Sometimes we need a little nonsense in our lives. Look at Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice in Wonderland. He was a math teacher and he wrote wonderful stories about nonsense.

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