Ms. Aruba Tate clapped her hands It's time to come to the rug for a special presentation Marga Lee you are our Colorado today Everyone but Marga Lee groaned Marga Lee put her hands in the air and yelled I rock The rug in Ms. Aruba Tate's classroom was a big problem It had a picture of the United States on it It was supposed to teach the kids where all the states were But the kids didn't care where all the states were The only state 10
I ROCK they cared about was Colorado because it had the Rocky Mountains in it That meant whoever sat on Colorado got to yell I rock One day fourteen kids tried to sit on Colorado at once and Drew had to go to the nurse's office to lie down After that Ms. Aruba Tate made a Today's Colorado Is chart Even though none of the other states were nearly as good as Colorado it was still hard to choose the right one Bean and Ivy squished into Michigan together Eric wanted to be North and South Dakota 11
People people said Ms. Aruba Tate Sit down Our special guest is here Everyone twisted around trying to see the special guest But it was only the Principal The Principal did not sit on the rug She stood in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and smiled Good morning second graders I see that lots of you are ready to listen Thank you Zuzu And Emma And Eric Thank you for being ready to listen like second graders Get on with it thought Bean Today second graders Emerson School is hosting a special special event Ivy and Bean exchanged glances Taiko drumming mouthed Ivy Bean nodded But they were wrong It's a Career Fair said the Principal Can anyone tell me what a career is 12
A job whispered Ivy A job called Bean Very good the Principal said That's right At today's Career Fair you will meet people who have many different kinds of jobs so you can learn all about the wonderful interesting careers you can choose when you're grown up
