Bunny and Clyde On the Lam

Chapter 1: Looth Tooth
Bunny and Clyde were two bad bunnies. Except they weren’t. For one thing, Clyde was a chipmunk. For another thing, they weren’t bad. Ask anyone. T hey always returned library books on time. T hey remembered to brush their teeth after eating penny candy. And they worked hard to use their best listening ears.
Even when they tried to be bad, everything came up roses. Face it: Bunny and Clyde were as good as grapes. As good as gold.
Speaking of gold, something happened that made Bunny and Clyde seem bad. But they were not bad. Honest to Peter Rabbit!
Case in point: Bunny and Clyde just happened to be watching a magic show with their friends. Darby was performing a new trick, the Levitating Napkin.
“See? Napkin. Normal napkin,” said Darby. “Watch carefully. I am going to place it in my hand. Now the napkin will begin to rise. It’s going to f loat in midair!”
T he audience waited. T hey held their breath. T he napkin stayed still. It did not move. It did not f loat. It did not levitate.
T hornton began wiggling his loose tooth for Hamilton. Rowena began to sneak-read a library book. Orson started to nod off.
Bunny and Clyde were trying to pay attention.
“Prepare to be amazed at my ­eye-popping, jaw-dropping magic trick,” Darby said. “Hocus-pocus-mumbo-jumbo!”
T he napkin still did not move. Darby tried to do the trick not once, not twice, but three times; the napkin did not leave her hand.
“I have a trick too,” said T hornton. “Mine is the mind-bending antigravity loose-tooth trick.” T hornton wiggled and wriggled his loose tooth, gave it a twist, and wa la! The tooth popped out. T hornton held it high, like a shiny trophy.
“Behold! My looth tooth!”
Orson woke up. Rowena took her head out of her book. T he friends gathered around to gaze at T hornton’s pointy tooth.
“Now throw your tooth on the roof!” said Hamilton. “It’s good luck.”
“Or toss it down a mousehole,” said Orson. “T hen your new tooth will grow back stronger. I read about it in a library book.”
“Save it for the Tooth Fairy!” said Bunny and Clyde at the same time.
“Put your tooth under your pillow tonight,” said Bunny, “and the Tooth Fairy will collect the tooth and leave you a prize!”
“Like some loot,” Clyde added. “And with the money from the Tooth Fairy, you can buy loads of penny candy!”
T hornton showed off the pink space between his teeth.
“Awesome opossum!” said the others.
“You must have twenty-f ive teeth in there!” said Clyde. “I only have twenty.”
“I have twenty-two,” said Darby, joining the conversation.
“Twenty-eight for me,” said Bunny.
“I wish I had teeth,” said Orson.
Hamilton showed off his canine teeth in front. “Thirty-four altogether!”
“I got you all beat,” said T hornton. “I have f ifty teeth. Well, forty-nine now.”
Fifty teeth! T hey all crowded around to get a look.
“Your mouth is a gold mine!” said Bunny. “T hink of all the Tooth Fairy money you could get.”
“T hink of all the penny candy!” said Clyde.
“T hink of all the cavities!” said Hamilton, making everybody laugh.
“Lookie here!” said Darby, trying again to get everyone’s attention. “T he napkin is going to f loat this time.” But nobody was watching her magic show anymore. T hey were too busy dreaming about the Tooth Fairy.