The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda — page 7 — Tommy ORIGAMI YODA AND THE NIGHT OF FUN BY TOMMY It was the night of the April PTA Fun Night the monthly dance in the school cafeteria Everybody comes to the PTA Fun Night I don't know why I don't even know why I go I hate them And so do a bunch of us who don't dance or flirt or do Public Displays of Affection The cafeteria has a stage at one end for assemblies And if you don't want to dance you can sort of sit on the edge of the stage Some people dance Some people walk around We sit on the edge of the stage

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda — page 8 — Harvey Not cool There's usually me and my best friends Kellen and Harvey Harvey is the tall one with the smirk on his face Kellen is the thin one who is trying to look cool by nodding his head to the music I'm the short one with hair that's a pain in the butt to try to keep combed And then there's Lance Mike and Quavondo They're on the stage because most people won't talk to them Why not Because Lance is weird and Mike cries all the time and Quavondo is the famous Cheeto Hog They're social outcasts I don't know why they come to Fun Night because they have even less of a chance of dancing with a girl than I do There are a few girls who sit there too like Cassie and Caroline I don't know why they sit on the stage just shy or something I guess I don't think they even talk to each other And there's Dwight of course I know we already look like nerds sitting on the stage

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda — page 9 — Yeeha It's time for McQuarrie Middle School's WILD WEST FUN NIGHT We'll have a rootin tootin good time so get ready to boot scoot and boogie Where Music in the cafeteria basketball in the gym When Friday April 6 7 Cost 2 or 1 canned food item

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda — page 10 — like that but Dwight somehow makes us look worse At last month's Fun Night he suddenly decided he could dance and he started doing this weird jumping around thing Wait it gets worse He bumped into this popular girl Jennifer who was carrying a drink from the snack table and made her spill it It gets worse still Dwight goes I'll clean it up and jumps on the floor and scootches around on his stomach Then he stands up with a huge wet spot on his shirt and starts dancing again Believe it or not it gets worse STILL because he says to Jennifer Would you care to dance m lady After she says No way he walks back over to us With everybody watching Man you're just embarrassing us Harvey said Why do you even try Nobody's ever going to dance with you Why can't you just play it cool

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