“Hey, Bob! Get up! It’s time for you to go to the Wilkinsons’ house to
perform some magic tricks!” Mike shouted upstairs. He was sleeping over at
Bob’s house. “Really? Oh, god! I need to get there by 9:00! It’s already 8:26!”
Bob shouted. He quickly put on his clothes and went downstairs to eat
breakfast. “Just kidding, that’s not until next week!” Mike said, over his
laughs, “It’s April Fool’s Day!” “Oh yeah!” Bob shouted, and he started
laughing too. They were going to the prank contest this afternoon, and were
very excited.
Meanwhile, the robber was shopping for mint toothpaste and Oreos. He
was going to enter the prank contest, and would put toothpaste in the Oreos. He
could just imagine the look on everyone’s faces after he pulled this trick off!
He bought two tubes of toothpaste and one package of Oreos. He stole a
happy-day gift card on his way out. Then he drove home. When he got home, he
opened the shopping bag, and one tube of toothpaste was gone!
That afternoon, Mike and Bob were driving to the prank contest to
watch everyone’s great pranks. “I bet Mark McLowy will win the contest!” Bob
exclaimed, “He wins just about every year!” “True,” Mike replied, “but maybe
someone else will win this year!” They both agreed, though, that either way it
would be a great contest. The robber was also driving to the contest. He was
still unhappy that someone had stolen a tube of toothpaste from him, but he was
confident he could win the prank contest. He saw a man in a black mask run by
his car and behind a tree. The bright lights of a stage were up ahead. “PRANK
CONTEST” the robber read, hardly being able to contain his excitement. “Here I
come!” shouted the robber.
“Welcome to the 86th annual prank contest!” the announcer
said, “Today our contestants will be showing you all their favorite April Fools
pranks!” The crowd cheered. “Whoo hoooo!!!” shouted Mike and Bob. “And now,”
continued the announcer, “A piece from our band!” The band started playing a
fast, upbeat, patriotic song. Everyone laughed and sang along, and everyone was
happy. Soon the contest started. First up was the robber. When he looked in his
shopping bag, though, both his Oreos and his other tube of toothpaste were
gone! “Someone took my stuff!” He wailed, and walked off the stage. Next came
Drake Ruktus. He also looked in his bag, and found his air horn gone!
Embarrassed, he walked off the stage. Why were everybody’s things missing?
Soon, it was Mark McLowy’s turn. His shopping bag was so full and
stretched out, it looked like it would burst sometime soon. When he set it on
the table, and air horn and a tube of toothpaste fell out. “My air horn!” cried
Drake. “My toothpaste!” shouted the robber. They both ran up onstage and took
their stuff from Mark’s bag. Mark was nowhere to be seen, though. Where was he?
Mark had slunk off the stage and ran away. “Mark cheated!” yelled Mike, “He
took everyone’s materials!” Red and blue lights flashed in the distance. And
the chase was on. They ran over hills, through buildings, and under branches,
chasing Mark, who was now wearing a black mask. “He’s robber #2!” Mike shouted,
and grabbed Mark by the legs. Everyone went back to the contest, and Mark was
disqualified. In the end, the robber won with his Oreo cookie prank, and brought
home a trophy.
At home, Mike watched the news with Bob. “I think the robber is now a
good guy, but there is a new robber now. Mark McLowy is stealing more than the
robber. Actually, we don’t know his name.” “We can call him the robber for now”
said Bob. And they relaxed, watching TV together.
