By SANDY McKAY, Illustrator JENNA PACKER
"Your average rubbish bag," said Mr Read, cleverly ignoring the fact that the classroom was now carpeted in soggy cabbage slime, "contains 40 per cent kitchen waste, 40 per cent packaging and 20 per cent paper."
Byron Banks looked at me like 'must have been something weird in that Waihola water' and I looked at him like 'let's make a run for it before it's too late.'
"Rugby after school, Col?" said Byron.
"Yeah!"
The bell was due to ring at any minute and I was starving and the last thing I needed right now was another teacher flipping his lid and the principal having to get a reliever in. It's disruptive for the kids. We'd just get one teacher trained and then we'd have to start on another. Besides, I liked Mr Read. He was more fun than any of the others by far. Still, it didn't look good.
Mr Read puddled through the rubbish like an old dog, picking bits out and holding them up. Potato peelings, tea bags, an egg carton, soggy newspaper.
Publisher: Longacre Press, $14.95 Age group: 9-14 years
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